'Sister Wives' to Appeal Polygamy Ruling to US Supreme Court

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

'Sister Wives' to Appeal Polygamy Ruling to US Supreme Court

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALT LAKE CITY — May 13, 2016, 4:50 PM ET

The polygamous family from TV's "Sister Wives" will take their fight to legalize polygamy to the U.S. Supreme Court, their lawyer said on Friday.

Kody Brown and his four wives say that polygamous marriages can be just as healthy as monogamous unions, and they argue a Utah law that makes plural marriages a felony violates their right to freedom of speech and religion.

Attorney Jonathan Turley decried an appeals court decision that threw out the Browns' challenge to the law. The judges decided the Browns can't sue because they weren't charged under the law, so they didn't consider the constitutional issues.

Turley said an investigation by local authorities after the Brown's reality TV show "Sister Wives" premiered nevertheless amounted to government abuse. Though the investigation was closed without filing charges, the Brown say they had to flee the state and the threat of prosecution still hangs over their heads.

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[Kelvin Mace]

1. Form a corporation

Then it's legal and tax deductible.

[rurallib]

3. I laughed, but that is actually a good idea.

[linuxman]

2. Good for them.

Why it's not legal is beyond me.

[Nevernose]

4. No one has been prosecuted for polygamy

Since California in the 1940s. It's a bullshit law, but this family is an example of what would happen if Rosa Parks did NOT get arrested. No harm, no foul.

Factoid: two out of three American polygamist families are Muslim, not Mormon.