I grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mine was a young suburb filled with new trees planted in the easement strip. Dotted and dashed along the sidewalk, driveways stitching neighbors into the commonness of the neighborhood. On each side of us and in just about each home on the street were kids my age [...]
Archive for the ‘Community’ Category
A Snapshot of Polygamy: Stories (Part 1)
Posted in About Polygamy, Community, Family Life, Government, Rights, School on August 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Feminist Studies Mormon Polygamy And, Remarkably, Finds That It Liberated the Wives
Posted in Rights, Family Life, Community, About Polygamy on August 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here’s an interesting archive from the July 10, 1978 Vol. 10 No. 2 edition of People Magazine. A Feminist Studies Mormon Polygamy And, Remarkably, Finds That It Liberated the Wives By Linda Witt For her Ph.D. thesis in counseling psychology at Northwestern University, Utah-born Vicky Burgess-Olson felt herself drawn to an examination of her Mormon roots and the [...]
We may not like Polygamy, but Decriminalization makes sense
Posted in About Polygamy, Community, Family Life, Government, Rights on December 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The following article from the Globe and Mail, written by Marina Adshade (economist at Dalhousie University) makes an interesting arguement for decriminalization: The overwhelming majority of Canadians do not want to live in a polygamous household and, from an economic perspective, that observation is a bit of a mystery.
Face to Face with the Polygamous Beast
Posted in About Polygamy, Community, Family Life, Rights on December 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The sarcasm and humor in this piece is just too much to resist sharing here on our blog. JRNorth articulates many of the talking points we’ve attempted to educate our society with. Many who have left the “monogamous” society will appreciate this piece. I don’t know if there is something in the water, or what [...]
What harms do polygamy laws prevent?
Posted in About Polygamy, Canada, Community, Family Life, Government, Rights on December 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The following article, written by Kate Heartfield of the ‘Ottawa Citizen’, echoes some of our talking points raised with government officials in both Utah and Arizona concerning the laws against adult consensual polygamy. The polygamy reference case has already made a valuable contribution: It has focused the debate on the question of harm. Apologists for [...]
Unlawful Arrest
Posted in About Polygamy, Community, Family Life, Government, Rights on November 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In light of our work with the Safety Net organization and our interaction with various social workers and law enforcement (so called) personnel, I thought the attached entry from the Escape to Polygamy Blog by J. R. North would have some interest in a satirical vein. The URL link (true story) referenced in the piece, [...]
Pure Knowledge: The Ultimate Emancipator
Posted in About Polygamy, Community, Family Life, Government, Rights on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Pure knowledge is the ultimate emancipator. It equalizes people and sovereign states, erodes the archaic barriers of superstition and promises to lift the trajectory of cultural evolution .” E.O. Wilson
CPAC’s Safety Net Concerns
Posted in About Polygamy, Community, Family Life, Government, Rights on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Safety Net mission statement states: The Safety Net Committee brings together government agencies, nonprofit organizations and interested individuals who are working to open up communication, break down barriers and coordinate efforts to give people associated with the practice of polygamy equal access to justice, safety and services. We (Centennial Park Action Committee) have taken [...]
Glenn Beck’s 8/28 Restoring Honor Keynote Speech
Posted in Community, Family Life, Government, Rights on September 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We enjoyed this speech very much and felt it was noteworthy to post a link on our blog: Glenn Beck’s 8/28 Restoring Honor Keynote Speech
Community Dances
Posted in Community on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the time honored traditions in Centennial Park is our community dances. Dances have proven to be not only safe and clean entertainment, but a load of fun for the young and the old alike. They are a great time for parents and children to associate with other parents and their children, in the true [...]
