‘Sister Wives’ polygamist petitioning SCOTUS to make his four marriages legal

Posted by | August 9, 2016 11:08 | Filed under: Media/Show Business


The reality show star wants the Supreme Court to decide that he can be legally married to four women.

Salt Lake City news station Fox 13 Now reports that Kody Brown and his four wives have until September 10 to file a petition for certiorari that will formally ask the Supreme Court to review their case.

The family will be appealing a 2015 decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit that upheld Utah’s anti-bigamy laws that forbid cohabiting with another adult in a marriage-like arrangement while already married to another adult.

Fox 13 Now notes that the Brown family first became the subject of a legal investigation after their reality TV show began airing in 2010. Kody Brown and his wives — Meri, Christine, Janelle and Robyn — first sued the state of Utah over its laws prohibiting multiple marriages in 2012, as they argued that such laws “infringe on their rights to privacy and religious freedom.”

 

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9 responses to ‘Sister Wives’ polygamist petitioning SCOTUS to make his four marriages legal

  1. Mensa Member August 9th, 2016 at 11:14

    As a liberal, I have mixed feelings about polygamy.

    On one hand — consenting adults can do what they want.

    On the other hand — polygamy is a primitive patriarchy that I don’t want my tax dollars subsidizing.

    • Buford2k11 August 9th, 2016 at 12:36

      yes, that, and it seems that the polygamy that we have seen lately is more like a pervert’s dream than anything…I think one of the reasons polygamy was banned, was because there was much abuse of the sister wives, and child abuse and forced sexual encounters, etc…

      • Bunya August 9th, 2016 at 14:21

        I read an interesting story once about how polygamists game the system. The man legally marries the first wife and supports any children conceived by that union, but the subsequent wives are married in the church (not recognized by the state), and all the children conceived by those marriages are considered illegitimate and receive welfare from the state. In other words, the father can have dozens of children, all supported on the government dime. What a country, huh?

      • Dwendt44 August 9th, 2016 at 20:19

        Marrying off ‘children’ as young as 10 or 12 to old men was likely what did it for those outlawing the practice. The ‘family values’ crowd would lose their lunch if anyone seriously proposed polygamy.

    • Robert M. Snyder August 9th, 2016 at 14:54

      “consenting adults can do what they want”
      But if they choose to have children, the children never get a chance to consent. It is my impression that the existing laws prohibiting polygamy were primarily motivated by a concern for the welfare of children. A lot of things that were once legal (e.g. cocaine, amphetamines, polygamy) were outlawed when it became apparent that a lot of people couldn’t handle them responsibly. It’s basically the same argument that people use to justify gun control.

  2. whatthe46 August 9th, 2016 at 11:45

    No!

  3. Dwendt44 August 9th, 2016 at 12:20

    WELL it is biblical.

    • amersham1046 August 9th, 2016 at 12:39

      so is showing compassion while beating your slaves

  4. Red Mann August 9th, 2016 at 13:26

    As long as the details about children and property are properly addressed, I don’t think the government should have any interest in who marries who in whatever number and arrangement they choose.

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