Senators Reach Bipartisan Deal to Pass Respect for Marriage Act Protecting Right to Same-Sex Marriage
The deal includes several amendments to the original draft legislation that are unlikely to have much substantive effect.
Polygamy
Review: After Cult Leader Was Convicted, His Compound Was Raided by Child Protective Services
The Netflix docu-thriller Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey shows the downfall of Warren Jeffs and the unjustified taking of 450 children inside his religious community.
Lindsey Graham Asked Amy Coney Barrett About Polygamy and People Got Mad Online
Why are LGBT leaders letting the antigay senator frame polyamory as something bad and wrong?
Colombia Sees First Gay Polygamous Marriage. Sort Of.
Three men declare themselves wed. It's not clear if the government will recognize it.
Polygamists Singled Out Again in Utah
Utah's new bigamy law prescribes what people can call private relationships and provides authorities with a convenient tool for suppression when polygamist families get too vocal.
In the Gay Wedding Cake Wars, Christians Preheated the Oven
Today's religious freedom controversies got their start in the 19th century debate over outlawing polygamy.
Christians Started the Wedding Wars
Defenders of traditional marriage used the law to persecute polygamists. Now they're the ones under attack.
Utah's Anti-Polygamy Ruling Actually a Blow Against Free Speech
Brown family case was not about getting legal recognition from the state.
Michigan's A.G. Declines to Explain Whether State Can Prosecute Those Who Perform Purely 'Private' Marriages
Says plaintiff lacks standing to sue because he's not facing charges.
Polyamorous Brazilian Trio Joined in Civil Union, Say Same-Sex Unions Paved the Way
The three women want to be able to raise a family together and share maternal rights.
Cato Institute Supports Sister Wives Family's Challenge to Utah Polygamy Law
"Spiritual unions" of more than two people should not result in criminal sanctions, say Cato scholars.
Religious Discrimination Case Against Polygamous Towns Goes Forward
But are these fundamentalist-LDS towns the perpetrators or the victims of religious discrimination?
Do Arguments Against Polygamy Hold Up?
Reasons to oppose recognition of polyamorous relationships don't do well under scrutiny.
The Case for Polygamy Begins; The Case for the Single Life Needed Too
It's past time the government stop treating the tax code as a tool for social engineering.
Stop Referring to Gay Marriage as 'Marriage Equality'
How can one argue that gay marriage is OK but polygamy is not?
A Ruling For Polygamy – and Freedom
The next step in expelling police and legislators from the bedrooms of consenting adults
Of Course the Law Should Tolerate Plural Marriages
A legal battle in Utah shows how misguided a crackdown on polygamy can be.
Parts of Anti-Polygamy Law in Utah Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Judge
Thanks to reality television
Federal Judge Rules Utah Anti-Polygamy Law Unconstitutional
Effectively decriminalizing the practice
So How About That Polygamy? Time to Talk About It?
Perhaps we shouldn't be afraid of this particular slippery slope
Texas Moves to Seize Polygamous Leader's Ranch
State accuses Warren Jeffs of laundering money to pay for hideout
The Mormon Underground Fights Back
First the government persecuted them. Then the Mormon establishment turned against them. But throughout the West, Mormon polygamists, tax rebels, and home schoolers are fighting to follow their conscience.