However, no Western countries permit marriage among more than two people.

The same texts permit marriage between second cousins if the man and woman are related in other ways.

These countries do not permit marriage between two men or two women.

South African law, generally speaking, does not permit polygamous marriages.

Even so, her memory provided no answer to the question that puzzled him most: why the Magician refused to permit marriage.

One elderly white lady asked if Scripture permitted mixed marriages, and he told her there was no prohibition.