Americans Against Abuses of Polygamy
In one corner is feisty Alberta farm wife Nancy Mereska, president of Stop Polygamy in Canada. Her grassroots group is so poor it had to put out a plea over the Internet for funds to pay for the travel expenses of one of their witnesses — a woman who grew up in a polygamous family [...]
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and its B.C. bishop, James Oler, want immunity from future criminal prosecution.Oh, not just immunity here; in the United States as well.They want to testify anonymously, using pseudonyms or hidden behind screens, and they dont want to answer incriminating questions. via Daphne Branham, Vancouver Sun: Polygamists [...]
A court case to determine whether Canada’s polygamy laws violate religious protection might have been sparked by a fundamentalist Mormon sect in southeastern British Columbia, but the legal challenge will also examine rarely discussed polygamous practices among North America’s Muslims. via Court case won’t just look at Mormon polygamists; Muslims under scrunity too – Winnipeg [...]
“I do believe that polygamy has been a harmful way of life for me and many others in Bountiful, both men and women,” [Lorna Blackmore] said in the affidavit. via Polygamous way of life harmful, former Bountiful, B.C., residents allege – Winnipeg Free Press.
No one in the church “really spoke about the fact that polygamy was illegal, but we were told that we would be prosecuted for living like we did,” the affidavit states. “The church always justified polygamy by saying that it was no different from a man wanting to sleep with someone other than his wife.” [...]
So now it’s up to Texas, which isn’t lumbered by a history of polygamy. Unlike Utah and Arizona — where mainstream Mormons are a substantial proportion of the population, many who have polygamous ancestry dating back before the church banned polygamy in 1890 — Texas has few Mormons. via Texas asks to try notorious polygamist [...]
Daphne Branham, columnist for the Vancouver Sun, answers questions about how new laws regarding common law marriage will affect the women of the polygamous community in Bountiful, British Columbia. Ask The Sun: How will the new common-law-spouse rules affect the wives of polygamist Winston Blackmore?.
