Judge decriminalizes polygamy in Utah

[green73]

A judge has ruled that parts of Utah's law banning polygamy are unconstitutional, effectively decriminalizing the practice, in a victory for the family that appears in the reality TV show 'Sister Wives'.

Kody Brown, who stars in the TLC reality show with his four wives, filed a lawsuit against the state after leaving Utah fearing prosecution after the programme aired.

Now a federal judge has issued his final ruling in the case that strikes down parts of the state's anti-polygamy law.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2736287/Final-ruling-issued-against-polygamy-ban.html

 

[William Tell]

Nice.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

I never really understood polygamy. Do they realize that the ratio of men vs. women in the world is 50/50? If everybody was a polygamist with 4 wives, then 3/4ths of the male population must be single right? Thus it can never catch on to the population at large, it is destined to exist forever in tiny little cultish enclaves.

 

[presence]

I never really understood polygamy. Do they realize that the ratio of men vs. women in the world is 50/50? If everybody was a polygamist with 4 wives, then 3/4ths of the male population must be single right? Thus it can never catch on to the population at large, it is destined to exist forever in tiny little cultish enclaves.

Re: mormon polygamy...

I think the logic is that 3/4 of the male population shouldn't breed because they lack faith in God.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_boys_(Mormon_fundamentalism)


But who's to say that polygamy is always one man with many wives... could be one woman with many husbands. One might consider female prostitution a form of matriarchal polygamy.

 

[tod evans]

One at a time is plenty for my ol' contrary ass....

 

[brushfire]

Now to get the government completely out of the marriage business.

 

[Pericles]

One at a time is plenty for my ol' contrary ass....

Likewise, one good one would be enough for me.

 

[Ender]

Now to get the government completely out of the marriage business.

Exactly.

The gov has no business in marriage or what happens between consenting adults.

 

[tod evans]

Now to get the government completely out of the marriage business.

Get government out of the welfare business and they're automatically out of the marriage business..

If there are no benefits to squabble over the the issue of marriage falls back to the Church where it belongs......

 

[Ender]

Re:

But who's to say that polygamy is always one man with many wives... could be one woman with many husbands. One might consider female prostitution a form of matriarchal polygamy.

The word, polygamy means: many marriages- not many wives.

 

[Ender]

Get government out of the welfare business and they're automatically out of the marriage business..

If there are no benefits to squabble over the the issue of marriage falls back to the Church where it belongs......

Actually, the marriage license originated as a racist ploy. It was to keep inter-racial marriages from happening. If more people understood THAT, I believe there would be a huge outcry.

 

[Christian Liberty]

Nice.

While I agree that the legalization is good, polygamy is still immoral

 

[Ender]

While I agree that the legalization is good, polygamy is still immoral

I thought you believed in the Bible?

 

[dannno]

I never really understood polygamy. Do they realize that the ratio of men vs. women in the world is 50/50?

Back when polygamy began with the Mormon church, most of the men had gone off to fight in the Mexican/American War and there were in fact too many single women.

The irony here is that for Utah to become a state, the church had to agree to ban polygamy because it was against federal law or something.

 

[dannno]

Re: mormon polygamy...

I think the logic is that 3/4 of the male population shouldn't breed because they lack faith in God.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_boys_(Mormon_fundamentalism)

That doesn't make any sense, does that assume that more women have faith in God or that men with faithful wives should take on more wives with women who are unfaithful?

 

[presence]

That doesn't make any sense, does that assume that more women have faith in God or that men with faithful wives should take on more wives with women who are unfaithful?

You're in that realm of "great unanswerable questions" my friend. Some would say the word "chattel" comes into the conversation.

 

[Philhelm]

One at a time is plenty for my ol' contrary ass....

I prefer two at a time. It's exquisite.

 

[Vanguard101]

I'm moving there. I need 2 wives

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

I always found it odd seeing those pro polygamy billboards driving up and down I-15. We used to joke about them in starting our own harem.

I hear the Kingstons(family tree) are a large polygamist clan that practically owns Davis County, UT.

 

[Ender]

Back when polygamy began with the Mormon church, most of the men had gone off to fight in the Mexican/American War and there were in fact too many single women.

The irony here is that for Utah to become a state, the church had to agree to ban polygamy because it was against federal law or something.

Bingo-

The Mormons are a conquered people that had to do or die.It wasn't just about statehood, it was also that all Mormons, who didn't comply, would be taken to jail.