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Polygamy

Respect for Marriage Act

Gay Marriage

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.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.14.2022 9:39 PM

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Documentary

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.

Natalie Dowzicky | 9.2.2022 6:30 AM

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Polygamy

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?

Scott Shackford | 10.14.2020 2:15 PM

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Polygamy

Colombia Sees First Gay Polygamous Marriage. Sort Of.

Three men declare themselves wed. It's not clear if the government will recognize it.

Scott Shackford | 6.15.2017 12:45 PM

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Marriage

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.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.5.2017 7:28 AM

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Polygamy

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.

Stephanie Slade | 3.23.2017 9:50 AM

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Religion

Christians Started the Wedding Wars

Defenders of traditional marriage used the law to persecute polygamists. Now they're the ones under attack.

Stephanie Slade | 3.23.2017 8:15 AM

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Polygamy

Utah's Anti-Polygamy Ruling Actually a Blow Against Free Speech

Brown family case was not about getting legal recognition from the state.

Scott Shackford | 4.12.2016 2:30 PM

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Marriage

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.

Scott Shackford | 1.11.2016 3:55 PM

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World

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.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.6.2015 3:50 PM

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Civil Liberties

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.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.1.2015 7:30 AM

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Civil Liberties

Religious Discrimination Case Against Polygamous Towns Goes Forward

But are these fundamentalist-LDS towns the perpetrators or the victims of religious discrimination?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.7.2015 1:35 PM

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Polygamy

Montana Trio Applying for Marriage License

It's happening!

Ed Krayewski | 7.2.2015 11:03 AM

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Polygamy

Do Arguments Against Polygamy Hold Up?

Reasons to oppose recognition of polyamorous relationships don't do well under scrutiny.

Steve Chapman | 7.2.2015 12:05 AM

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Gay Marriage

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.

Ed Krayewski | 6.30.2015 3:07 PM

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Policy

Stop Referring to Gay Marriage as 'Marriage Equality'

How can one argue that gay marriage is OK but polygamy is not?

David Harsanyi | 10.10.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

Judge Rules for Polygamists in Sister Wives Case

And he was right to do so.

Jesse Walker | 8.28.2014 10:13 AM

Culture

Feminist Polygamy Comes to Reality TV

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.10.2014 2:05 PM

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Politics

A Ruling For Polygamy – and Freedom

The next step in expelling police and legislators from the bedrooms of consenting adults

Steve Chapman | 1.6.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Of Course the Law Should Tolerate Plural Marriages

A legal battle in Utah shows how misguided a crackdown on polygamy can be.

Jesse Walker | 12.17.2013 4:30 PM

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Politics

Parts of Anti-Polygamy Law in Utah Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Judge

Thanks to reality television

Ed Krayewski | 12.14.2013 12:54 PM

Civil Liberties

Federal Judge Rules Utah Anti-Polygamy Law Unconstitutional

Effectively decriminalizing the practice

Reason Staff | 12.14.2013 12:00 AM

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Policy

So How About That Polygamy? Time to Talk About It?

Perhaps we shouldn't be afraid of this particular slippery slope

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2013 4:01 PM

Civil Liberties

Texas Moves to Seize Polygamous Leader's Ranch

State accuses Warren Jeffs of laundering money to pay for hideout

Reason Staff | 11.28.2012 8:08 PM

Politics

The Politics of Polygamy

Plural marriage meets the presidential race.

Jesse Walker | 8.24.2012 10:23 AM

Politics

The GOP Reserves the Right to Screw With You, Especially When You're Not Hurting Anyone

Jacob Sullum | 8.21.2012 7:15 PM

Politics

Remaking Marital Law

Does legalizing gay marriage go far enough?

Roderick Long | 7.12.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Rant: Make Mine Mormon

If only Mitt Romney were as colorful as his faith

Jesse Walker | 2.1.2008 3:00 PM

Mormonism

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.

Gerald M. King | 1.1.1987 12:00 PM

Polygamy

The Ethics of Polygamy

Paul Gross | 7.1.1973 12:00 PM

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