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In an October 2004 op-ed for USA Today, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley argued that, as a simple matter of equal treatment under law, polygamy ought to be legal. Acknowledging that underage girls are sometimes coerced into polygamous marriages, Turley replied that "banning polygamy is no more a solution to child abuse ...
Texas case G. Lee Cook, his wife D. Cook, and desired wife J. Bronson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, filed a lawsuit in hopes to abolish restrictive laws against polygamy. [49] Court cases against anti-polygamy laws argue that such laws are unconstitutional in regulating sexual intimacy, or religious freedom. [50] In the case of Bronson v.
Nevertheless, some Christian groups in different periods have practiced, or currently do practice, polygamy. [3] [4] Some Christians actively debate whether the New Testament or Christian ethics allows or forbids polygamy [5] [better source needed] and there are several Christian views on the Old Covenant.
Polygamy was outlawed in federal territories by the Edmunds Act, and there are laws against the practice in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, [19] and Puerto Rico. [20] Because state laws exist, polygamy is not actively prosecuted at the federal level, [21] but the practice is considered "against public policy".
The unanimous decision from the court was to uphold the anti-polygamy laws and Reynolds sentence of two years in prison. In 1882, Congress passed the Edmunds Act, which made polygamy a felony. A key aspect of the Edmunds Act was that it was no longer necessary to prove a bigamous marriage took place to get a conviction, cohabitation was enough.
AB 1880 by Assemblymember Juan Alanis, R-Modesto, and SB 764 by Sen. Steve Padilla, D-San Diego, expand California’s landmark child actor law, known as the Coogan Act, to cover children and ...
Because the type of polygamy which is practiced is actually polygyny, the practice of it inevitably leads to bride shortages, and FLDS members are additionally known to practice child marriages, incest, and child abuse. [104] The FLDS Church members are known to violate laws when they practice polygamy. [105]
As in Africa, polygamy continues to be practiced in parts of Asia, regardless of laws. Nepal; China: Polygamy is illegal under the Civil code passed in 2020, which replaced a similar 1950 and 1980 prohibition. [104] Hong Kong: Polygamy ended with the passing of the Marriage Act of 1971 [105] when the country was a crown colony under the former ...