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Did a federal judge declare Utah's polygamy law to be unconstitutional?
No, though the federal district court did rule that key parts of Utah's polygamy law is unconstitutional.
What was the case about?
Utah
resident Kody Brown is legally married to one woman (Meri) but
considers himself to be in a "spiritual union" with three additional
women (Janelle, Christine, and Robyn) who he also calls his wives.
Together, the four have 17 children together and live in three houses.
Their family life is the subject of the TLC reality TV show, Sister Wives. The Browns are members of a fundamentalist Mormon group, not part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which does not condone the practice of polygamy.
Utah state officials publicly denounced the Browns as "committing
crimes every night on television" because they are violating the state's
bigamy law. Under Utah Code Ann. § 76-7-101(1) (2013), a person is
guilty of bigamy when "knowing he has a husband or wife or knowing the
other person has a husband or wife, the person purports to marry another
person or cohabits with another person."
What part of the law was declared unconstitutional? Continue at Joe Carter
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