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In a move that will cause much told-you-so-ing from the anti-gay slippery slopers, today a federal judge struck down portions of Utah’s ban on polygamy. The case was brought by the Brown family of TLC’s Sister Wives reality show fame. In a 90-page opinion, United States District Court Judge Clark Waddups found key parts of the law to be unconstitutional, …

The cast of the Sister Wives reality show has filed a federal lawsuit against Utah, claiming that the state’s ban on polygamy is unconstitutional. The case could potentially decriminalize a way of life for tens of thousands of self-described Mormon fundamentalists, most of whom live in Utah where bigamy is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in …

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British Columbia’s Supreme Court has upheld Canada’s ban on polygamy. Which will surely disappoint anti-gay activists in America. In a 335-page decision released on Wednesday, Chief Justice Robert Bauman ruled in favour of the section of the Criminal Code outlawing polygamous unions. In his ruling, Bauman said while the law does infringe on religious freedom, it is justified given the …

“There is little question the legal acceptance of same-sex marriage will open the door to the legalization of polygamy. It’s inevitable. After all, if it is now discriminatory, as we’re told, to prohibit two men or two women from getting married, clearly it is ‘discriminatory’ to prohibit the marriage of one man and two or more women. There is simply …

Last night the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins sent out a bulletin about the lawsuit filed by the cast of Sister Wives. It goes as you’d expect. There are times when groups like FRC don’t enjoy being right. And the fallout from the New York same-sex “marriage” law is one of them. Those of us who have spent years in …

In a political gift to anti-gay groups nationwide, the cast of the reality show Sister Wives plans to file a federal lawsuit challenging Utah’s law against polygamy. The polygamist family portrayed on the TLC reality show “Sister Wives” said all along its main goal in going on national television was to gain public acceptance of its lifestyle. Now family patriarch …

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In a trial that is expected to last through January, British Columbia’s Supreme Court is hearing the case of a fundamentalist sect of the Mormon Church, who are arguing that laws against polygamy violate Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The case involves now-dismissed criminal charges brought against the leaders of a small polygamous community in Bountiful, British Columbia. Residents …

The legality of gay marriage is being cited as a defense in the case against Canadian polygamists. Canada’s decision to legalize gay marriage has paved the way for polygamy to be legal as well, a defense lawyer said Wednesday as the two leaders of rival polygamous communities made their first court appearance. The case is the first to test Canada’s …