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Matthew Vines: Why Monogamy Matters

Matthew Vines, executive director of The Reformation Project and author of "God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships," speaks on monogamy at The Reformation Project's 2025 Reconcile & Reform Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday, October 3, 2025. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Same-sex marriage and "slippery slope" predictions 07:46 Non-monogamy statistics 11:42 Understanding consensual non-monogamy 16:29 A Christian case for non-monogamy? 20:43 Polygamy in the Old Testament 28:15 Emerging Jewish opposition to polygamy 31:58 Jesus’s teaching on marriage and monogamy 34:16 The New Testament and monogamy 39:28 Polygamy vs. monogamy historically 45:13 Polygamy's math problem 47:06 How monogamy benefits societies 49:22 How polygamy harms women and children 51:37 How polygamy harms men and boys 53:15 How polygamy harms societies 55:58 What about modern polyamory? 57:03 Polyamory's math problem 58:46 Polyamory's community problem 1:07:16 Polyamory's gender problem 1:12:48 Gay men and monogamy 1:19:06 Why monogamy matters