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• n  someone who is married to two or more people at the same time

• The raid on a polygamist sect in Texas has separated children from mothers and highlighted the tension between religion and the law.
• Texas removed more than 400 children from a polygamist ranch.
• Bill was abandoned by his polygamist family as a boy, only to return to his religious roots in midlife.

News & Articles

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• Polygamist Activists Predict DOMA Ruling Will Usher in Legalization of Polygamy
  Polygamist activists have welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage, a decision they hope will usher in the legal recognition and acceptance of polygamy. Many activists argue that the nuclear family is no longer applicable to modern American society, and that monogamy is far from inclusive. Anita Wagner Illig, a leading polygamy activist, said that she was grateful to her brothers ...
  June 27, 2013 - Opposing Views
• Utah polygamist finds something to like in gay marriage rulings
  Utah polygamist finds something to like in gay marriage rulings by Jim Dalrymple Ii The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 26, 2013 03:30PM MDT Polygamists and their supporters celebrated Wednesday, saying they see implications for their cause in the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act. Just hours after the court ruled that DOMA was unconstitutional, Joe Darger said he and his ...
  June 26, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• Utah Polygamist Family Celebrating DOMA Ruling
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) â Members of a Utah polygamist family say they're celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act as a step toward better treatment of people like them. Joe Darger tells The Salt Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/17grBA7) that the high court's favorable decision for gay marriage Wednesday should, by extension, help end polygamists' treatment as "second-class ...
  June 26, 2013 - KUTV Salt Lake City

Quotes

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• Harry Reid in MyFox Springfield
  I felt that this was essential that I be here. The lawless conduct of polygamist communities in the United States deserves national attention and federal action,Reid told his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee. "This hearing is...
• Anne Dudek in TV Squad (blog)
  The people I've played recently, like an evil doctor or a murderess polygamist, are fun and you get to use your imagination in a really interesting way. But this role is more about things that are closer to me and the people that I know,says...
• Akon in PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
  Akon, 25, told Martinez, "I'm a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives."