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  2. Legality of polygamy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Because state laws exist, polygamy is not actively prosecuted at the federal level. [3] Many US courts (e.g. Turner v. S., 212 Miss. 590, 55 So.2d 228) treat bigamy as a strict liability crime: in some jurisdictions, a person can be convicted of a felony even if he reasonably believed he had only one legal spouse. For example, if a person has ...

  3. Polygamy in North America - Wikipedia

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    Several men were found guilty and convicted of sexual assault, rape, and bigamy involving underage girls. [53] [54] [55] The stars of the TLC show Sister Wives challenged the state of Utah's bigamy laws, [56] though also acknowledging that the state's constitutional ban of plural marriage licenses would remain regardless of the lawsuit's ...

  4. Legality of polygamy - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, both bigamy (article 290 of the Criminal code of Canada) [147]) and de facto polygamy (article 293 of the Criminal Code) [148] are illegal, but there are provisions in the property law of at least the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that consider the possibility of de facto multiple marriage-like situations (e.g. if an already ...

  5. Sodomy laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in the 19th century, the various state legislatures passed legislation which ended the status of capital punishment being used for those who were convicted under sodomy laws. South Carolina was the last state, in 1873, to repeal the death penalty for sodomy law violations. The number of times the death penalty was carried out under ...

  6. Bigamy - Wikipedia

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    Malaysia: Illegal for non-Muslims under federal jurisdiction. Under section 494 of Chapter XX of the Penal Code, non-Muslim offenders found guilty of bigamy or polygamy can be punished up to seven years' imprisonment. Bigamy or polygamy is legal only for Muslim men with restrictions under state jurisdiction, rarely practised. [21]

  7. Texas bill would ban taxpayer money funding legal defense of ...

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    (The Center Square) – Of the many bills being filed in the Texas legislature to address border-related issues, one would ban taxpayer money from being used to fund legal services for illegal ...

  8. No, Texas didn't make it illegal to display pride flags in ...

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    The claim: Texas declared bringing a pride flag to classrooms is a crime. A Sept. 15 Threads post (direct link, archive link) includes side-by-side images of students wearing “Texas State” T ...

  9. 'Holding Pattern': Experts discuss Title IX lawsuits' effect ...

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    Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency — which oversees Texas K-12 schools — and another to universities in May ordering them to “ignore” the “illegal” new rules ...