To be fair, while the FLDS, America's largest polygamy cult, is incorporated in Utah -- members live and vote on either side of the Utah-Arizona border. That means media darling John McCain's (R--AZ) ...
I was surprised and shocked by the criticisms levelled at the B.C. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law banning polygamy. Some critics saw this judgment as intruding on individual rights to ...
Last week on these pages I cited a polygamy political coverup, which includes US Senator Orrin Hatch (Rep-UT), who is on record as condoning polygamy. With US Senator Patrick Leahy (Dem-VT) several ...
The reliability of religious records and the wording in the indictment were questioned Thursday by lawyers during closing arguments in the trial of two Mormon fundamentalists charged with polygamy.
SALT LAKE CITY – The Mormon church’s renovated history museum, which reopened this week, features a small and surprising display about an uncomfortable part of the faith’s history that for generations ...
VANCOUVER – The harms that polygamy inflicts on women and children outweigh any claims to religious freedom, a B.C. judge said Wednesday in a landmark case that is almost certainly destined for the ...
There’s a very odd spectacle unfolding in a courtroom in Cranbrook, B.C., as two men face trial on charges of polygamy — the first such trial since Canada officially criminalized polygamy in 1889. Now ...
The centuries-old laws banning polygamy in Western cultures are rooted in the protection from the ills of multiple marriage and not just the imposition of Christianity on the masses, a law professor ...
One of Blackmore's former wives described the circumstances around their marriage: 'Crazy. Crazy. He had married two sisters the week before, which I didn't know' You can save this article by ...
The self-described fundamentalist Mormons in Bountiful, B.C., have shaped the debate over Canada's anti-polygamy law, but a court ruling Wednesday morning could have implications extending far beyond ...
As Assam move to outlaw polygamy through legislation that applies across communities, a long-standing patchwork of personal laws is beginning to shift. These changes have revived a core question: ...
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