Bountiful case can't justify banning polygamy: lawyer

Misc CDN | 206865 hits | Apr 05 7:11 am | Posted by: wildrosegirl

Canadians in relationships with multiple partners shouldn't be turned into criminals because of alleged abuses in a small, isolated community in British Columbia, says a lawyer arguing against the anti-polygamy law.

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by andyt
Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:13 pm
Exactly. Don't ban polygamy. Go after the criminal actions. And I like the BC government arguing that men with multiple wives are committing a crime, but women with multiple hubands aren't. Do we really want to go down that road?
by Public_Domain
Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:15 pm
by saturn_656
Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:16 pm
And I like the BC government arguing that men with multiple wives are committing a crime, but women with multiple hubands aren't. Do we really want to go down that road?

Got a link?

I wonder what the justification for that is?
by andyt
Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:18 pm
"saturn_656" said
And I like the BC government arguing that men with multiple wives are committing a crime, but women with multiple hubands aren't. Do we really want to go down that road?

Got a link?

I wonder what the justification for that is?

It's right at the top of the page. You just have to read the story.

I'm sure the justification would be that only men having multiple wives harms women but not the other way around. You know, because we live in a patriarchal, phallocentric society.
by saturn_656
Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:22 pm
While the B.C. government argued the anti-polygamy law only targets men with multiple wives, and not women with multiple husbands, the federal government insisted it outlaws all forms of polygamy.

I'd say the B.C. government had better get its head out of its ass.
by andyt
Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:26 pm
The whole thing is bullshit and rests on a foundation of sand. If some men are "marrying" underage girls, go after them for statutory rape, since the marriage would be illegal anyway. Make sure to raise the legal age of marriage to 18. Strictly go after bigamists. But get your nose out of the bedrooms of the nation because people want to hook up in combinations that involve more than two people.

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