SALT LAKE CITY – 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 (Article 3) 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 Utah Speaker 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 the third degree.
The news of the new Utah bill coincides with TLC airing its new reality show, 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. “The lifestyle.” You’ll hear that expression 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.
Utah lawmakers hope to have the bill ready to be signed by Governor Gary R. Herbert by December. They expect a large influx of new residents.
Utah say hello to hundreds if not thousands of Muslim families too ………… Allahuakbar ( God is the greates !!!! )
Most of you are idiots the bible in the first five books supports that a man has more than one wife so long as the first wife approves. Do your homework before running your mouths.But most importantly the government has no right to tell people how to live.
I support polygamy if such an arrangement brings out the best in people and results in children that are more loved and healthy. I also believe that learning in such an environment is far more productive. Those of you thinking about sex only are just sex craved individuals, repressed by religion and laws which enslave people into lives of misery.
The only people who support polygamy from what I've seen are ignorant and/or sex craved. I have scientifically linked polygamy to an under-developed, primitive brain. Polygamy represses women, and is a slap in the face to marriage today.
MAN OUGHT TO HAVE AS MANY WIVES THAT HE WANTS, INCLUDING MORE THAN 4, IF HE WANTS, AND ALSO REGARDING LIMIT OF 4 IN ISLAM IS LOT OF NONSENSE, PUT INTO A FALSE RELIGION BY A MAN WITH A MIND OF A BI-POLAR PERSONALITY: THE ONLY ALMOST TRUE RELIGIONS ARE THAT OF FLDS AND OF THE AMISH
Try to do a little research. The idea that Utah would have a democrat majority in the state house is more far-fetched than them legalizing polygamy.
This whole article is a lie. Utah is not doing making Polygamy legal.
If Polygamy is legalized in Utah there is a question of religion , freedom of expression and equal rights. They would have to allow both sexes to have unlimited husbands and wives. Maybe even multiple couple marriages. There is no limit to the possibilities. My only concern is the children.
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