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Ben Rumson

You show me in them commandments where it says a woman cain't have two husbands.

— Paint Your Wagon · 1969

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker challenges someone to find a rule against a woman having two husbands. The wording places the burden of proof on the person objecting. It turns a question about an unusual marriage into a narrow argument over what the commandments actually say.

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