‘Sister Wives’ stars cite gay ‘marriage’ ruling in bid to legalize polygamy

LifeSiteNews ^ | 8/28/15 | Dustin Siggins

[redgolum]

Told you so.

[darrellmaurina]

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.

[Hildy]

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.