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• in Technorati Women
  Sister Wives Stars Sue Utah Over Anti-Bigamy Laws
  The stars of "Sister Wives" on TLC are suing in an attempt to shut down Utah's anti-bigamy laws.
  by dopodomani / on Jul 14, 2011
• in Travel
  Selling the "Polygamy Tour"
  Polygamy Tours into a polygamist community in Colorado reportedly is doing a brisk domestic and international business
  by kaleeltvp / on Oct 4, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “polygamy”

 

• Polygamous cultures linked with instability, crimes

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Toronto, Jan 24 (IANS) Cultures permitting polygamy are wracked by greater crime levels, violence, poverty and gender inequality, owing to the intra-sexual competiton that engenders it, than societies sticking to monogamous marriage.That is a key finding of a new University of British Columbia-led study that explores ...
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• Confessing and Forsaking Institutional Sins

  
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  By this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sins—behold, he will confess them and forsake them. -Doctrine and Covenants 58:43 I believe this scripture applies to women as well as men. I also believe it applies to institutions. After all, some of the greatest sins of all time were committed by groups of people ...
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• Canadian Court Affirms Traditional Marriage

  
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  The Canadian courts have legalized same-sex marriage. Will they legalize polygamy, too? After all, if consenting adults should be able to marry anybody they like, then why should same-sex marriage be allowed but not polygamy?Many libertarians now insist that government should get out of the business of marriage, and ...
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• Lola Shoneyin Comments on the Reality Behind The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives

  
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  Lime Magazine ‘s Tricia Wombell spoke to Lola Shoneyin about her acclaimed novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives following her recent appearance at TEDxEuston in London. Wombell asks Shoneyin, among other pertinent questions, why she chose to write about polygamy and how people have responded to the ...
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• Rationalizing

  
  Runtu's Rincn — Authority: 402
  I hear people criticizing apostates for having “rationalized” their way out of the LDS church. The theory goes that, because we wanted out for some reason, we picked some alleged problem, blew it out of proportion, and then used that as an excuse to leave. Of course, I don’t know anyone who has left the church ...
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• What do Mormons think about polygamy?

  
  Mormon Women: Who We Are — Authority: 112
  ~by Michelle We get versions of this question quite regularly at our site, and we’ve addressed the topic of polygamy here before , but between the recent Pew Forum survey results and the fact that Warren Jeffs and the FLDS polygamy/marriage lifestyle recently in the headlines, I figured it was worth addressing ...
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• Why Do Southerners Call Mormonism a Cult? A brief history of anti-Mormonism

  
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  Share this on Facebook Email this to a friend? Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Tweet This! Send this page to Print Friendly Digg this! Email this via Gmail Get Shareaholic By  Joanna Brooks , ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mormons Say Polygamy Morally Wrong

  
  Mormon Women: Who We Are — Authority: 112
  By Amy Choate-Nielsen Deseret News Published: Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012 7:00 p.m. MST David Letterman knows how to get a laugh.Like most comics, he riffs on the day’s news, deadpans the camera and revels in audacity.”Oh, did you hear about this?” the host of CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman asked his audience ...
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• Ex-Muslim Sister gives insight into Brothers’s Subjugation, Discrimination of Women and Polygamy

  
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  Note: There is an email link embedded within this post, please visit this post to email it. | Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. Mon, Jan 16, 2012 | By Crethi Plethi (Photo by Al-Masry Al-Youm Staff / almasryalyoum.com)   Ex-Muslim Sister gives ...
  2 weeks ago

• Assignment #8 – Short Creek

  
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  In the bedroom of a former FLDS member, with a portrait of LeRoy Johnson on the wall Really this was a series of assignments and I don’t know when they will be published, so these photos are outtakes that don’t really go with any of the stories. I’ll post more photos as the stories go live. The situation in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Polygamists challenge US state’s law against bigamy

  
  Anglican Mainstream — Authority: 507
  From The Christian Institute Polygamists in America are continuing their attempt to overturn Utah’s law against bigamy, citing a leading homosexual ruling from the US Supreme Court. Kody Brown and his four ‘wives’ claim that Utah’s bigamy law is unconstitutional because it violates their right to privacy. ...
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• Polygamists challenge US state’s law against bigamy

  
  The Christian Institute News — Authority: 526
  Polygamists in America are continuing their attempt to overturn Utah’s law against bigamy, citing a leading homosexual ruling from the US Supreme Court. Kody Brown and his four ‘wives’ claim that Utah’s bigamy law is unconstitutional because it violates their right to privacy. Their lawyers are using ...
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• Polygamists challenge US state’s law against bigamy

  
  The Christian Institute News — Authority: 526
  Polygamists in America are continuing their attempt to overturn Utah’s law against bigamy, citing a leading homosexual ruling from the US Supreme Court. Kody Brown and his four ‘wives’ claim that Utah’s bigamy law is unconstitutional because it violates their right to privacy. Their lawyers are using ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sunday Lit Crit Sermon: George Reynolds on ‘Outside Literature’

  
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  My previous “Lit Crit Sermons” have been from sources that generally took a positive view of literature, seeing the role of the author or poet as an important and divinely inspired one. That view is, unfortunately, not universal among past General Authorities of the Church and those who wrote in LDS-oriented ...
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• January 15th, 2012: Daily Bible Blog Entry

  
  Everyday Bible Blog — Authority: 110
  Today’s Reading: Genesis 24:52-26:16 Proverbs 3:7-8 Read Tomorrows Passages Online   Genesis 24:52-26:16 It’s hard for me to imagine being a woman in biblical times, or even a woman in a country where women’s rights and desires are often ignored. It’s remarkable to me that Rebekah chose to ...
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• Are They Man-eaters

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 578
  The Korowai people are 3000 in number. Even they did not know before 1970 that there are other humans reside in this world too. They used to think that they were the only humans residing in this world. LANUGAGE The Korowai language belongs to Awyu-Dumut family which is the language of South East Papua. An English ...
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• Pew! Glad that’s Over

  
  Wheat & Tares — Authority: 484
  Now that the “Mormon in Americas” survey has been published ( You can read the whole survey results here ), the boobirds and naysayers are reacting. The survey results are quite clear in that they represent 1000 people who self-identify as “Mormon.” The Pew Research Center used a group of Mormon scholars to ...
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• Mitt Romney and Moral Imagination

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 126
  In 1884, Romney’s great-grandfather, Miles Parker Romney, fled to Mexico from Utah. Miles Parker Romney was a practicing polygamist and he wanted to protect his family from persecution. Mitt Romney’s father was born in Mexico, his family returned to the United States and took up residence in Michigan. While ...
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• Bigamy: What Would You Do If You Were a Victim?

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 578
  HOW PREVALENT IS BIGAMY IN THE UK?  I’ve known two people over my lifetime who were innocent victims of this.  In their cases, it seemed to many to be a relatively “harmless” crime since in their cases the men were no longer living with or having conjugal rights with their legal spouses.  However, it ...
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• Video: Lola Shoneyin Discusses “Boys, Sex and Control” at TEDxEuston

  
  BOOK SA - Magazine — Authority: 116
  Lola Shoneyin, the author of the award-winning novel about a polygamous family, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives , recently delivered a talk at TEDxEuston on the topic of “boys, sex and control”. In her talk, Shoneyin dismisses the argument that an act like polygamy can be justified purely because it ...
  2 weeks ago

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