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puh li guh mee

  • n  having more than one spouse at a time

  • Should Christianity permit polygamy? Under certain conditions, yes, argues a Roman Catholic missionary in Africa.
  • Some fear the polygamy trial could tarnish Utah's name internationally.
  • Renegade sects have kept polygamy alive by settling far from neighbors in places like the desert canyon lands of Utah and Arizona, the villages of northern Mexico and the alpine .
News & Articles

  • Josh Thomson: 'I am Not Against Gay Marriage or Gay Rights in Any Way'
    UFC lightweight contender Josh Thomson came under fire yesterday after he made comments comparing gay marriage to pedophilia, incest and polygamy, via Vigilante MMA .  Today, "The Punk" has deleted all Facebook and Twitter posts on the comment and issued a press release apologizing, via Bloody Elbow, as well as stating that members of the media took his words out of context.  "Yesterday top UFC ...
    June 13, 2013 - Bleacher Report
  • Josh Thomson issues statement clarifying controversial gay marriage opinion
    In the wake of his controversial comments on the subject of marriage equality made Wednesday, UFC lightweight contender Josh Thomson issued a press release Thursday clarifying his position. Thomson posted a status message on his Facebook account questioning whether gay marriage would serve as a gateway to polygamy or adults marrying children. As a follow-up in the resulting thread, Thomson took ...
    June 13, 2013 - SB Nation
  • 'Polygamy,' the Broadway play: Mormon controversy on stage 100 years ago
    The controversial topic of polygamy was addressed nearly a century ago in the Broadway play "Polygamy."
    June 10, 2013 - Deseret News
Quotes

  • Carla Bruni in Swissinfo
    I'm monogamous from time to time, but I prefer polygamy and polyandry (a woman with more than one husband),Bruni told the Figaro Madame magazine in February.
  • Mark Shurtleff in guardian.co.uk
    They all want to know what we're doing and continue to plan to do in regard to the polygamy issue,Shurtleff said. "They encourage us to make sure we go down that road and hold these guys responsible who use religion to hurt kids."
  • Rick Santorum in WorldNetDaily
    If the Supreme Court says you have the right to consensual sex within your home,Santorum said at the time, "then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery....

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