Posted on 06/29/2018 7:45:03 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Two leaders of a fundamentalist group who between them have 29 wives and 160 children were sentenced to house arrest on Tuesday after being convicted of polygamy.
Winston Blackmore, 61, was found guilty last year of having 24 wives while James Oler, 53, was found guilty of having five wives. Blackmore has 149 kids, the Star Vancouver reported.
Blackmore's six-month conditional sentence, to be served under house arrest, allows him to go to work and deal with medical emergencies. Oler's term is three months of house arrest. Both face 12 months of probation. Blackmore was also ordered to perform 150 hours of community service work, while Oler must do 75 hours.
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I could not deal with 14 and a half wives.
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Oscar Wilde was a flagrant homosexual so that comment of his about wives should be seen from that perspective.
“If same sex marriage is legal, why not polygamy?”
I agree. Because if five men wanted to be married I’m sure the courts would allow it. So why not one man and four women (of legal age, of course)?
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