A new study out of the University of British Columbia documents how societies have systematically evolved away from polygamy because of the social problems it causes. Via “Is Polygamy Really So Awful?” / Slate
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“Sister Wives” case
The United States government may become a defendant in a reality-show family’s lawsuit challenging Utah’s law banning polygamy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints renounced polygamy as a condition of statehood, required by the Utah Enabling Act of 1894. With that in mind, U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups has asked attorneys for the [...]
Book review: “Prophet’s Prey”
If you read Jon Krakauer’s 2003 book Under the Banner of Heaven, and followed the trial of Warren Jeffs — notorious leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints, now in jail for life for sexual assault (after a stint on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List) — you’ll dig Sam Brower’s Prophet’s [...]
Columnist Asks: Is Polygamy OK or Perverted?
Is this just men doing what comes naturally? Or is there a sense of entitlement involved? Do powerful men need the thrill of getting caught to keep sex interesting? via Polygamy: OK or Perverted? / Chicago Sun Times
Final Season of HBO’s ‘Big Love’
In the final 10–episode season, new state senator Bill Henrickson shakes Utah to its core by announcing that he is a polygamist. Instead of being embraced for honesty, as they hoped, his family is engulfed by hostility, not the least from other polygamists trying very hard to keep their lives below the social radar. via [...]
Washington Post review of “Sons of Perdition”
As seen in the fascinating and sad documentary “Sons of Perdition,” which will air Thursday night on OWN, three young men run away from the strict and abusive lifestyle in “the Crick” (the communal nickname for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints compound) and quickly discover how ill-equipped they are to [...]
Judgment Day in ‘Sister Wives’ Polygamy Case
The Utah County Attorney has confirmed … the Lehi Police Department has completed their felony bigamy investigation into Kody Brown and his gigantic family — and the case has been turned over to the Utah County Attorney … who will ultimately decide whether or not to charge the family with a crime. via Judgment Day [...]
Review of TLC’s Polygamy Reality TV Show
Sister Wives makes gay marriage look tame in comparison, and shows us what polygamy is truly about. Not procreating in the name of God and bearing children to further the faith, but getting it on with as many women as a man can get away with — the younger, prettier and thinner, the better. This [...]
Reviews and Commentary: TLC’s Sister Wives
It’s clear from the Sunday night premiere of the seven-part Sister Wives that what’s in it for Kody, who is a charming, youthful man with much energy and rock star hair, is that life is a smorgasbord of interesting if compliant women, with Kody as some kind of working-class American gigolo representing the main course. Edmonton [...]
‘Sister Wives’ Star Kody Brown Is Narcissistic & Hurting His Kids
“It’s a hard life to live, I’d say you’re better off having a mistress than plural wives,” John says. “There isn’t a plural family that didn’t have a lot of internal domestic problems; jealousy is a huge factor. It’s all about power, money, sex and ego. A man wouldn’t be normal if his ego wasn’t [...]
