This blog post from “Progressive Proselytizing” caught our attention: On the Morality of Polygamy Law: Freedom vs Harm Should polygamy be legal? This question is at the core of the landmark polygamy case slowly working its way up the Canadian justice system. To answer this, we look at the balance between harm and freedom. The [...]
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Polygamy Law: Freedom vs Harm
Posted in About Polygamy, Canada, Government, Rights on February 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Polygamy and the Law
Posted in About Polygamy, Canada, Government, Rights on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since we’re highlighting the Canadian Polygamy Case involving Winston Blackmore and James Oler, I thought I would share an interesting discussion from a Law is Cool Podcast early last year. Law is Cool Podcast: Polygamy and the Law Also, check out one of the significant comments from that podcast…
2010 NOVA Conference
Posted in About Polygamy, Government, Rights, Texas FLDS on September 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kirk Torgenson with the Utah Attorney General’s Office gave a presentation about “Polygamy Victimization” at this year’s NOVA Conference. We do not have the transcript from his presentation but Brooke Adams’ blog gave us some information about what he talked about. The following exceprt is from her blog: Kirk Torgensen, chief deputy in the Utah [...]
Polygamy court case shines spotlight on Creston’s divisions
Posted in Canada on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photograph by: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Polygamy+court+case+shines+spotlight+Creston+divisions/1199308/story.html CRESTON — The practice of polygamy sets neighbour against neighbour, parent against child, politician against politician and even some husbands against wives in this southeastern B.C. town. It’s not that townsfolk here are polygamists. But Creston’s proximity to the fundamentalist Mormon community of Bountiful, where some men unabashedly [...]
This polygamy story has barely started
Posted in Canada on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=9d20913a-67e3-4329-8738-7a1d2a6f16d8&p=2 If nothing else, Attorney General Wally Oppal’s dogged pursuit of the Bountiful religious sect’s leaders has resulted in some of the oddest bail conditions ever imposed in B.C. Winston Blackmore, leader of one faction in the commune, was released yesterday on condition that he stop getting married until the polygamy issue is sorted out. [...]
2 leaders of polygamist group arrested in Canada
Posted in Canada on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j8DHElciOy_DHCfRLx9CyvuwnP1gD95IHKMO0 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Two top leaders of a polygamous community in western Canada have been arrested and charged with practicing polygamy, British Columbia’s attorney general said Wednesday. Attorney General Wally Oppal said Winston Blackmore is charged with marrying 20 women, while James Oler is accused of marrying two women. “This has been [...]
How Arizona’s Polygamist Raid Paved the Way to Texas
Posted in Texas FLDS on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Republic researcher Joanne Dawson contributed to this story to the Arizona Republic. It’s hard to see your way in polygamist country, always has been. The nights are dark, and street lamps rare or absent altogether. The people prefer to be guided by God’s light, leaning on the moon and stars to show the way. The [...]
Natalie Malonis – Atty for Warren Jeffs’ Daughter
Posted in Texas FLDS on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Donald Richter at TruthWillPrevail.com has some interesting information about Natalie Malonis and her mental state. It presents a side of the story that has not yet been told. After reading it, it leaves one wondering why on earth she is allowed to practice law – especially on behalf of a minor.
Flora Jessop’s “Help”
Posted in Texas FLDS on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As anyone who reads the newspapers or watches TV knows, Flora Jessop claims to “help” people “escape” from polygamy. Here is an account of one such instance of her “help.” It is a little different than the version she gave to the media…
