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'Sister Wives' family to challenge Utah bigamy law
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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A polygamous family with a reality TV show plans to challenge the Utah bigamy law that makes their lifestyle illegal, a Washington-based attorney says. In an e-mail to The Associated Press early Tuesday, attorney Jonathan Turley
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Polygamist, Under Scrutiny in Utah, Plans Suit to Challenge Law
New York City :: NY :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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The family is the focus of a reality TV show, Sister Wives , that first appeared in 2010. Law enforcement officials in the Browns' home state, Utah, announced soon after the show began that the family was under investigation for violating the state
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Polyamorists say their secular relationships wrongly targeted by polygamy law
Vancouver :: Canada | 2 years ago
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A lawyer for so-called polyamorists says their non-religious, egalitarian relationships are the "Achilles heel" in the governments' defence of the anti-polygamy law. The Canadian Polyamory Advocacy Association represents relationships involving more
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Polygamy law akin to law barring homosexuality, lawyer tells court
Vancouver :: Canada | 2 years ago
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A lawyer arguing against Canada's ban on multiple marriage at a landmark court case in B.C. says striking down the law would allow polygamists to live with dignity. George Macintosh, who was appointed by the court to challenge the law, compares it to
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Fate of polygamy law shouldn't rest on behaviour in Bountiful, B.C.: lawyer
Bountiful :: UT :: USA | 2 years ago
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A lawyer fighting to overturn Canada's ban on polygamy is urging a judge not to base his decision on what may be criminal behaviour by some of the residents of a polygamous commune in B.C. George Macintosh, a government-appointed lawyer known as an
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Opinion: Court cases pit rights against societal values
Toronto :: Canada | 2 years ago
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Ever since the Charter of Rights and Freedoms was enshrined in the Constitution in 1982, there has been a fundamental tension in Canada over competing rights and between individual rights and societal values...Section 1 says all of the rights and
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Teen pregnancies may be related to religion, not polygamy, lawyer suggests
Vancouver :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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A lawyer arguing against Canada's polygamy law suggests the high instance of teen pregnancy in Bountiful, B.C., may be linked to religion and isolation rather than multiple marriage...Supreme Court has heard evidence that as many as one in 10 births
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Polygamy law leads to financial hardship, prejudice: Bountiful wife
Vancouver :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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A plural wife from Bountiful, B.C., says Canada's law barring polygamy has caused her community financial hardship and fuelled prejudice from the outside world...Bountiful resident to testify anonymously at a B.C. court case examining the
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Anti-polygamy law challenged in Canada court
Vancouver :: WA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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A court hearing challenging Canada 's anti-polygamy law on religious freedom grounds resumes Wednesday in British Columbia and will eventually include testimony from men and women who are living in multiple-partner marriages. The hearing will not
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Don't look to stereotypes when deciding fate of polygamy law: prof
Vancouver :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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A religious studies professor is cautioning a B.C. court not to rely on stereotypes or prejudice when deciding the fate of Canada's polygamy law. Lori Beaman of the University of Ottawa is an expert witness at a landmark case examining whether Canada'
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