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The case was thrown out on a technicality, but now Canada's anti-polygamy statute, which dates to 1890, is being put to the test in a so-called "reference case."
Polygamy: More Common Than You Think Rose McDermott 2011
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Rachid Ghannouchi, head of the formerly banned Islamist party Nahda, was once critical of the Personal Status Code and the country's anti-polygamy laws on religious grounds, but by the late 1980s he had come to terms with it.
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In January 1870, some 6,000 women gathered at the Salt Lake Tabernacle for what they dubbed the "Great Indignation Meeting," to protest anti-polygamy laws.
Capitalism, Democracy, and Polygamy, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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“We should not … stand by quietly while the anti-polygamy law is used in a selective fashion to intrude on religious freedom and/or on responsible adults who make relationship choices that alarm or puzzle other Canadians.”
Liberties watchdog wants Canada to drop polygamy charges against sect leaders 2009
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In 1885, Romney's great-grandfather Miles Park Romney fled from U.S. authorities who wanted to enforce anti-polygamy laws and, at the direction of church officials, settled a colony for polygamous Mormons in Mexico.
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Someone claiming to be a pregnant, abused 16-year-old girl named “Sarah” called family crisis shelters and an anti-polygamy activist, prompting law enforcement and child welfare authorities to go to the ranch.
Lawyers for Warren Jeffs file complaint; YFZ raid triggered federal investigation 2009
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The anti-polygamy argument to which Sailer refers is that social peace depends on monogamy.
Polygamy, Jealousy, and Social Peace, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The association is urging that the constitutionality of the anti-polygamy law be tested by a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada — a recommendation made in earlier legal opinions prepared for the B.C. attorney general.
Liberties watchdog wants Canada to drop polygamy charges against sect leaders 2009
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(That is why, technically, the anti-polygamy laws aimed at Utah also applied to Arizona, Oklahoma, Alaska and the District of Columbia.)
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An Arizona attorney plans to seek a court order to require an anti-polygamy activist to answer questions after she refused to cooperate Monday unless a television crew was allowed to tape the meeting.
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