Religion Dispatches
Utah judge Clark Waddoups strikes down part of polygamy law in case of Sister Wives’ Kody Brown, ruling that although the state has the right to deny people more than one valid marriage license at a time, Utah’s anti-cohabitation laws violate the Browns’ First Amendment right to freedom of religion and elements of constitutional due process.
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There is a general misconception that men among the community look to plural marriage as a means to satisfy their lust and exploit and degrade women. It is this stereotype that we would like to dispel.
Read MoreIn my years of travel throughout the Muslim world, I’ve literally never met a person with a second spouse. And I’ve met a lot of people.
Read MoreOn Fox News Laura Ingraham takes on gay marriage and… single parenthood?
Read MorePolygamy and LDS scripture historicity also addressed in biggest revisions since 1981.
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Vatican spokesman asks: if same-sex marriage is recognized by law, why not polygamy and polyandry? Really?
Read MoreA letter to the Republican candidate on his birth certificate joke.
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Why it’s hard to tell the truth about Mormonism and polygamy—even for Mitt Romney.
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So, let’s see if I can total all this up. Traditional marriage is one man with multiple wives, multiple concubines, wives conquered in war and wives acquired in levirate marriage, possibly including girls under the age of ten, but definitely not including anyone of a different ethnic group, in an arranged marriage with disposition of property as its purpose. That seems very different from “one man, one woman,” does it not?
Read MoreMeanwhile, progressive Mormons welcome court ruling.
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