Sunday, December 15, 2013

Part of Utah anti-polygamy law ruled unconstitutional

“U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups said … Friday that a provision in Utah law forbidding cohabitation with another person violated the First Amendment right of freedom of religion.”



“Utah’s bigamy law is stricter than the laws in 49 other states — most of the other states prohibit people from having multiple marriage licenses. Utah makes it illegal to even purport to be married to multiple partners or live together.

“Under Waddoups’ ruling, bigamy remains illegal in Utah only in the literal sense, such as when someone fraudulently acquires more than one marriage license.”

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2013/12/14/polygamy-advocates-hail-judge-ruling-utah/twb08eLnSficZvfS0Mq16O/story.html

The New Testament one time mentions a man having only one wife, 1 Timothy 3-7, part of which states an elder must be “the husband of one wife…”

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