The legal questions about the practice of polygamy are one of the major human rights issues of our time. Proponents of legal polygamy argue that polygamy is a viable alternative lifestyle that does not in itself cause harm. Others argue that polygamy encourages unfaithfulness and the abuse of women and children. Concerns about the legality ...
The United States Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of a case that might have recognized a right of polygamy, according to the Christian Science Monitor. The court declined to hear an appeal by a Utah man who sought to have his bigamy conviction overturned because of the Court’s landmark 2003 ruling ...
Lately, I’ve been doing quite a bit of research about the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, otherwise known as the FLDS church. The FLDS church is not to be confused with the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), which is not officially affiliated with the FLDS church. ...
Polygamy is the practice of being married to multiple husbands or wives at the same time, and in our society is tied in many cases to the Mormon faith. This was the area that I focused on for my study, and the results I found were astounding. This sub-culture is composed of a known 60,000+ ...
Two weeks have passed since the raid on the polygamist compound in Texas, giving the nation a look at some of the beliefs and practices of the secular FLDS church. Allegations of physical and sexual abuse, forced marriages of girls as young as 13 and plural marriage are being reported on news broadcasts around the ...
