Adults rely on the emotional and financial support of their families, especially during difficult times like the COVID pandemic (including but not limited to the ill and those in the healthcare). Polyamory is literally "many loves", where a stabile and committed adult relationship involvex more than two consenting adults that intentionally join together and form a family unit. Humans are capable of loving more than one person. Classic examples include loving each of ones siblings. Just as a person can love their parents and step parents, kids and step kids, they can love more than one person as a spouse. A spouse is a source of love, support, strength and stability. Every person in a relationship contributes to the family in unique ways, not just providing for those in the family, but caring for each other, advocating for each other and supporting each other. The difficulties faced in today's society are more complex than ever before and currently traditional marriage, where one adult can only marry one other adult, makes it difficult to meet all the needs of one's spouse especially during the COVID 19 pandemic, which affects everyone. It's beneficial to protect groups of people who ethically and consentually choose to be together as it creates strength in our society. Our society should protect and support groups of people who choose to support each other and love each other, regardless if it's two people in a relationship or more. This strengthens communities as each adult has a larger foundation of support both emotionally and financially. Where resources can be pooled to assist each other in difficult times. Spouses are incredibly important to the human existence as they are trusted partners with whom we can share responsibilities such as providing for the family, and co-parenting, as they too view the children as their own, will protect them and provide for them. Daycares are no longer a "safe place" since COVID 19 is becoming exceedingly contagious, so it's best to keep children safe at home with a family member. Not everyone has the luxury of having parents or relatives that near by, and even then entering someone elses household still increases risk of spreading the virus. Having more than one spouse allows for co-parenting and shared resources including time. Love is a human right and every family is unique. It is reasonable to protect the relationships that strengthen us as a community. It takes a village to raise a child. And when that "village" is a group of adults that love and provide for each other as a family that is protected by law in marriage, it will strengthen our communities and our children.