Utah has decided to legalize polygamy for all its citizens.
Utah lawmakers have decided to move forward with a bill that would legalize polygamy.
Current Utah Law (Article3) states that ”polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited.” But according to Article 3, you can hold whatever religious beliefs you want. Utah will never prosecute you for your religious beliefs. However being a polygamist and acting upon your beliefs is completely out of the question.
That’s been the conundrum for Utah lawmakers… until now. “We have to change the laws to match the beliefs of our citizens and a man having more than one wife, just makes sense!”, said UtahSpeaker of the house, Blake Smith (D).
Over the years, authorities have looked the other way with regard to polygamous behavior and have instead focused on any abuse of children, kidnapping or any other domestic abuse.
Under current Utah Law bigamy is a felony of thethird degree.
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The news of the new Utah bill coincides with TLC airing its new realityshow, Sister Wives, about a man with three wives – and soon a fourth – and his 12 kids..The man, Kody Brown. says, “polygamy is just another word for paradise.”
The husband is happy. The wives are happy. The children are polite and helpful. “It’s perfect, it’s heaven,” said Brown. “Variety is the spice of life and… I am enjoying my life.”
Advertising salesman Brown lives somewhere in Utah with Meri, his wife of 20 years, Janelle, his wife of 17 years, and Christine, his wife of 16 years. “I like marriage, and I’m a repeat offender,” he says.
He identifies himself as Mormon, though he is not a member of the mainstream faith that has banned “the lifestyle,” he notes. “Thelifestyle.” You’ll hear thatexpression tossed around a lot in the one-hour premiere.
The wives are the biggest advocates, arguing it guarantees security to their children.If one of them were to die, the other wives would step in to raise the kids. The extended clan lives in a large house that is subdivided into separate but adjoining apartments for each of the wives and their children.
“Look, it’s better for women to share one stable, solid, good man than to be with a no-good man who can’t even support himself. It’s the way the world is supposed to work. Women want men with money, power and status and men want variety and beauty. Polygamy is the natural way for human beings to mate, have a family,” said Monica Creighton, another polygamist in Utah.
They expect a large influx of new residents.

As long as they are also allowing polygyny (sp?) as well.

I would love to see how they react to a woman with several husbands.

And I just read the term for that is polyandry.

I'm not finding anything anywhere, got a link?

The Browns live in Las Vegas, not Utah.

http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/22693/utah-to-legalize-polygamy/
Latest News.Polygamy -- The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah News, Sports and Weather
http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/22693/utah-to-legalize-polygamy/
Mormon polygamy?

Mormonism and polygamy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_polygamy

This news source is also talking of Iran training female ninjas and Mitt Romney condoms....so I would question it.
There is nothing in the Salt Lake Tribune.

The article says it's from July and the bill was to be presented in December 2011...wondering of an outcome.

The Romney Family's Polygamist History
http://news.yahoo.com/romney-familys-polygamist-history-213700473.html
What if Hugh Hefner were Mitt Romney's Great-grandfather?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfreedman/2012/02/08/what-if-hugh-hefner-were-mitt-romneys-great-grandfather/

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say this thread is a representation of how you feel about Mitt?

Will Mitt Romney legalize polygamy if he becomes president?

I can't answer that question.
I can however think of worse things for a president to put into place....

I really don't care about the personal choices people make to get through their lives. I don't get the polygamy thing, it's not for me, some things in my life are not for others.

I think we have much bigger concerns in our country than polygamy.

Spider..i think pigs are flying somewhere and maybe hell has frozen over too because this is the second time you agree with me.

I'm all about freedom, it seems that you are too. I guess we have more common ground than we thought.

Is usually how it goes when we look for similarities instead of differences.

Freedom is one of my favorite words...

You Are Free???

yes, i experience personal freedom...i do what i want for me and allow others the same.

Marriage is more of a religious issue than legal issue.

Nice to feel free and be beside the Ocean..

Heaven

Sometimes heaven..yes.
Like the last week of 60 degrees plus and sunshine.
Unseasonably nice.
Today the rain is back....