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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Polygamous Family Looks to Gay Rights for Lawsuit
By Michelle Garcia
SISTER WIVES Brown family — Meri (from left), Janelle, Kody, Christine and
Robyn X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Brown family
The polygamous family featured on the show Sister Wives on TLC is using a
groundbreaking gay rights case to challenge Utah's antibigamy law.
Kody Brown is legally married to one wife, but three others are his "
spiritual wives." However, state law establishes that married people cannot
purport to marry or cohabit with another person, NPR reports. While the
state of Utah is now considering whether to bring charges against them, the
family has moved to Nevada, and is bringing their case to a federal court.
The Brown family, with four wives and 16 children, says the law is
unconstitutional, and is using the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas Supreme Court
decision, which officially decriminalized homosexuality in the United States.
"You can have multiple lovers; you can have adulterous affairs and not be
subject to prosecution," the Browns' attorney, Jonathan Turley, said in the
NPR report. "But the minute you refer to her as your spiritual wife, you
become a potential criminal defendant."
Still, polygamy law expert Marci Hamilton said polygamous marriages tend to
be bad for women and children. She said children of polygamous marriages are
often treated as second-class citizens, and that individually, the wives
are unequal to the husband in the relationship. | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 2 有这样的机会多辩论挺好。该给人家POLYGAMY的权利，或是和GAY MARRIAGE不一样不能
允许POLYGAMY，都能堵住那些害怕GAY MARRIAGE为POLYGAMY开口子的嘴。 | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 3 Am I stupid for nothing being able to see any meaningful similarity between
gay marriage and polygamy? Can someone try and point it out to me? | k*****e
发帖数: 22013 | 4 反对同性婚姻的摩门教会不会跑出来支持一下？
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【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: Polygamous Family Looks to Gay Rights for Lawsuit
: By Michelle Garcia
: SISTER WIVES Brown family — Meri (from left), Janelle, Kody, Christine and
: Robyn X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
: The Brown family
: The polygamous family featured on the show Sister Wives on TLC is using a
: groundbreaking gay rights case to challenge Utah's antibigamy law.
: Kody Brown is legally married to one wife, but three others are his "
: spiritual wives." However, state law establishes that married people cannot
: purport to marry or cohabit with another person, NPR reports. While the
| m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 5 那就有热闹瞧了
我估计他们还不敢
【在 k*****e 的大作中提到】
: 反对同性婚姻的摩门教会不会跑出来支持一下？
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: and
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