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Polygamy was outlawed in federal territories by the 1882 Edmunds Act, and there are laws against the practice in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, [1] and Puerto Rico. [2] Because state laws exist, polygamy is not actively prosecuted at the federal level. [3]
The following is a list of polygamy court cases: Canada ... [14] — the portions of Utah's anti-polygamy laws which prohibit multiple cohabitation ruled ...
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 ...
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".
Reynolds had argued that as a Mormon, it was his religious duty as a male member of the church to practice polygamy if possible. The Court recognized that under the First Amendment, the Congress cannot pass a law that prohibits the free exercise of religion. But it held that the law prohibiting bigamy did not meet that standard.
Brown v. Buhman, No. 14-4117 (10th Cir. 2016), is a legal case in the United States federal courts challenging the State of Utah's criminal polygamy law. The action was filed in 2011 by polygamist Kody Brown along with his wives Meri Brown, Janelle Brown, Christine Brown, and Robyn Sullivan.
According to the court documents, Charlene Jeffs' -- the estranged sister-in-law of Warren -- claims that "a seed bearer is an elect man of a worthy bloodline chosen by the Priesthood to ...
Davis v. Beason, 133 U.S. 333 (1890), was a United States Supreme Court case affirming, by a 9–0 vote, that federal laws against polygamy did not conflict with the free exercise clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.