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Chatwin v. United States, 326 U.S. 455 (1946) — underaged polygamous marriage with consent not prosecutable under the Federal Kidnapping Act; Cleveland v. United States, 329 U.S. 14 (1946) — polygamous marriage an "immoral purpose" under the Mann Act; Musser v. Utah, 333 U.S. 95 (1948) — polygamy not religious free speech
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 ...
Buhman that the portions of Utah's anti-polygamy laws which prohibited multiple cohabitation were unconstitutional, but also allowed Utah to maintain its ban on multiple marriage licenses. [36] [37] [38] This decision was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, thus effectively recriminalizing polygamy as a ...
Government-issued marriage licenses are a modern innovation. [citation needed] Even before the advent of licensing, many states enacted laws to prohibit plural marriage-style relationships. Early Mormons were persecuted for their practice of polygamy. No state permits its citizens to enter into more than one concurrent, legally-licensed marriage.
[27] [page needed] Utopian and communal groups which were established during the mid-19th century had varying marriage systems, including group marriage and polygyny. [28] There is also some evidence for the existence of multiple marriage partners in the American South, particularly after the Civil War. [27] [page needed]
Buhman that the portions of Utah's anti-polygamy laws which prohibit multiple cohabitation were unconstitutional, but also allowed Utah to maintain its ban on multiple marriage licenses. [ 128 ] [ 129 ] [ 130 ] This decision was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit , thus effectively recriminalizing polygamy as ...
Robyn Brown struggles to navigate her family's new dynamic in the wake of Christine and Kody Brown's divorce and rising tensions between Janelle and Kody Brown in the Season 18 premiere of "Sister ...
Augustine saw marriage as a covenant between one man and one woman, which may not be broken. It was the Creator who established monogamy: "Therefore, the first natural bond of human society is man and wife." [97] Such marriage was confirmed by the Saviour in the Gospel of Matthew (Mat 19:9) and by His presence at the wedding in Cana (John 2:2 ...