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‘Sister Wives’ stars cite gay ‘marriage’ ruling in bid to legalize polygamy
LifeSiteNews ^ | 8/28/15 | Dustin Siggins

Posted on 08/28/2015 4:22:38 PM PDT by wagglebee

DENVER, CO, August 28, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) -- While gay "marriage" activists claimed that the Supreme Court's marriage decision wouldn't open the door to polygamy, five people from the show "Sister Wives" want the 10th Circuit Court to disagree.

"This case is about criminalization of consensual relations and there are 21st century cases rather than 19th century cases," said attorney Jonathan Turley in a filing. "It is clear that states can no longer use criminal codes to coerce or punish those who choose to live in consensual but unpopular unions."

In a case that was filed in 2011, "Sister Wives" star Kody Brown and his four "wives" have argued that Utah's ban on polygamy violates their civil rights. The five adults and their 17 children moved to Las Vegas after the launch of "Sister Wives" because they faced prosecution in Utah.

Utah lost the case at a federal court last year, and appealed to the 10th Circuit Court.

Brown isn't the first polygamist to cite the Supreme Court's decision to justify polygamy. Earlier this year, Nathan Collier -- who has appeared on "Sister Wives" -- and his two "wives," Victoria and Christine, sued the state of Montana. "You can't have this without polygamy," he said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hgass; homosexualagenda; magicunderwear; moralabsolutes; polygamy
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To: wagglebee

Told you so.


41 posted on 08/29/2015 8:10:30 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: MeganC; Hildy; wagglebee; little jeremiah
9 posted on 8/28/2015, 6:35:45 PM by MeganC: “I agree with their reasoning that if marriage is no longer just between one man and one woman because of a nebulous ‘right to dignity’ then there is no legal argument left to justify criminalizing committed polygamous relationships among consenting adults.”

Agreed. There's probably no legal way around this now that homosexual marriages have been approved. Apart from a massive seismic shift in our political culture, I see no way to amend the Constitution or to get rid of enough Supreme Court justices to overturn the underlying legal reasoning.

I hope I'm wrong.

In the meantime, it should be interesting to see how mainstream modern Mormons in Utah react to being forced to accept legal polygamy of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. There are reasons why this case started in Utah, and why the "family" involved had to leave the state out of fear of arrest.

I'm PINGing Hildy because if I remember correctly, the FCLDS is also an issue in her county in Arizona. Perhaps she has some insights on this from the perspective of her state where the legal battles may be different from those of Utah.

42 posted on 10/02/2015 9:48:19 AM PDT by darrellmaurina
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

At this point let them marry and I’ll tell you why. In their religion, they are married. HOWEVER, under the eyes of the state and federal law they are single mothers and are awarded all the benefits our welfare nation doles out. This is an extreme, I know..but Colorado City, Warren Jeffs home, is in my County, Mohave County AZ. More state benefits go to that zip code than ANY OTHER ZIP CODE in Arizona. The taxpayers are funding their perverted lifestyles, old men raping young girls. AND WE HAVE DONE NOTHING.


43 posted on 10/02/2015 12:17:34 PM PDT by Hildy
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