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Polygamists challenge US state’s law against bigamy

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.

Their lawyers are using historical Supreme Court rulings, such as a case from 2003 when judges ruled that homosexual acts in private were protected by the US constitution, to argue against the law.
 
A supporter of polygamy has also argued that if same-sex marriage is allowed polygamy should be too.

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