What are the current laws in place for siamese twin marriage?

As this is in the social section i will chime in here.

I have no idea what the law would say on something like this. I hope the law would say its ok. If this kind of marriage is currently not allowed, then I think that is an outrage, and should be changed.

conjoined twins are not a single freakish entity, they are two totally different individuals and as such should have their rights. The idea of not letting someone marry because they are one part of a conjoined twin, is to me quite frankly, bigotry of the highest order. its a messed up mix of denial of human rights, denial of being acknowledged as a human being, and just wrong in every single way i can think of. too wrong to even pass as moral in the dark ages when we where burning people and torturing.

I don’t think that the laws address this issue. At times, some conjoined twins were denied marriage licenses. Others have been married.

As to the legality of polygamy: “The practice is illegal in all 50 states.[15]
Over a century ago, citizens of the self-governing territory of what is present-day Utah were forced by the United States Federal Government to abandon the practice of polygamy through the vigorous enforcement of several Acts of Congress. They eventually complied.” Wikipedia

That is a very old article, taken from a time when people with disabilities were routinely denied basic human rights. I don’t know of any law, state or local, that could limit the rights of a person to marry based on a physical infirmity like this.

@poisonedantidote

Well said!

Without checking each US state’s law, it’s hard to tell.

Wikipedia has an interesting article on conjoined twins, which includes a list of known cases broken down by the century in which they were born. Of the 23 born in the 20th century (and old enough to get married), several have been successfully separated, separated where only one survived, or both died in an attempt at separation. Of he remainder, most are from other countries.

In the US, Ronnie and Donnie Galyon in Ohio, have opted not to pursue marriage (discussed at 4:40 of the video). Lori and Dori/Reba/George Schappell in Pennsylvania have been interesting to follow. I’m pretty sure at one point, both expressed a desire to marry. Abigail and Brittany Hensel live in Minnesota, and both hope to marry and have children.

While US law may rule out polygamy today, there is at least one person who disagrees based upon the grounds of religion according to their blog.