Utah has started to decriminalize polygamy. The Republican controlled legislature has passed a bill (not signed into law yet) that makes polygamy a misdemeanor.
The bill does not seem to be generating much news, or pushback, even within the religious right camp. Is marriage really about one man-one woman, or is that view valued only for its political currency?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKCN20L0DI
Mayor Pete has brought the possibility of a first couple which is an denial, maybe an affront, to the traditional marriage norms. Could a bevy of first ladies be next?
And polygamy is tied to one group, the LDS. The laws on polygamy were an issue for Utah's admission into the Union, the US instituted its laws on polygamy as a response to the rise of the LDS. Religious liberty issues come to the fore here.
One-man one-woman, one man multiple women, one man one man, one woman one woman. Quite a few permutations available: do we toss them into some grab bag and pick and choose the one we want?
The bill does not seem to be generating much news, or pushback, even within the religious right camp. Is marriage really about one man-one woman, or is that view valued only for its political currency?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKCN20L0DI
Mayor Pete has brought the possibility of a first couple which is an denial, maybe an affront, to the traditional marriage norms. Could a bevy of first ladies be next?
And polygamy is tied to one group, the LDS. The laws on polygamy were an issue for Utah's admission into the Union, the US instituted its laws on polygamy as a response to the rise of the LDS. Religious liberty issues come to the fore here.
One-man one-woman, one man multiple women, one man one man, one woman one woman. Quite a few permutations available: do we toss them into some grab bag and pick and choose the one we want?
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