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The Trumpet Herald - In June, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision decriminalized sodomy.
"Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is asking his nationwide audience to pray that God will
remove three judges from the United States' highest court so conservatives can replace them."
http://www.projectrestore.com/trumpet/tpt2003_08.htm
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Gambian freeze on polygamy
BBC NEWS - President Jammeh provokes ire among Muslim traditionalists with a three-year ban on
polygamous marriages.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3088315.stm
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Polygamists see open door for acceptance
WorldNetDaily - Multiple-wives crowd hopes to capitalize on sodomy decision. "Polygamy is the
next civil-rights battle."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33409
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The Federal Marriage Amendment: Now is the Time for Action
Crosswalk - Sociologist Pitirim Sorokin prophetically noted that the stability of marriage
eventually determines the welfare of the culture.
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/weblogs/mohler/?adate=10/7/2003#1223745
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Same-sex marriages open door to consensual incest, polygamy
The Philadelphia Inquirer - If we ban values, prejudice would be wrong with or without group
advocacy. By Nick O'Dell
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/opinion/local2/6959237.htm
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Saudi Weds Four in One Ceremony to Spite Ex-Wife
Reuters - A Saudi man married four women in one night only to prove to his estranged first wife
that he was still attractive, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030929/od_nm/saudi_marriage_dc_1
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The New Polygamy
History of Washington County - Article about the history of polygamy in Utah by Douglas D. Alder
and Karl F. Brooks.
http://historytogo.utah.gov/newpoly.html
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ACLU of Utah to Join Polygamists in Bigamy Fight
ACLU Newswire - In hopes of vanquishing what they consider a 64-year-old injustice, a small but
vocal group of polygamous wives and their supporters demonstrated in front of The Salt Lake
Tribune, the paper reported today.
http://archive.aclu.org/news/1999/w071699b.html
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The Fifth Estate: The Bishop of Bountiful
CBC News takes look at a secretive and secluded polygamous community in British Columbia. Includes
an exclusive interview with the community's leader, Winston Blackmore.
http://cbc.ca/fifth/polygamy/index.html
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Russia Says No to Polygamy
BBC News - A decree by the leader of a small Muslim region in Russia allowing men to have up to
four wives has been dismissed as unconstitutional by the justice minister.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/400351.stm
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Sudan Pushes Polygamy
BBC - President Bashir urges Sudanese men to take more than one wife to increase the population and
promote the country's development.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1493309.stm
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Thousands of Families in Despair as France Enforces Ban on Polygamy
Independent - Toumani Diarra is a polygamist. Malian by birth, he lives with his two wives and
eleven children crammed into a three-bedroom flat in a forlorn suburb of Paris. Since he arrived in
France in 1970 he has supported his family by working as a plasterer.
http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=64055
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PPP Asks Official to Explain Polygamy Statement
The Star Online - People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) youth chief T. Murugiah will be issued a
show-cause letter over his promotion of polygamy among non-Muslims, which had angered many women
leaders and NGOs, in his policy speech during the party’s Youth convention last December.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/3/3/nation/rimurugiah&sec=nation
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Inonge Wina Demands Abolition of Polygamy
allAfrica - POLYGAMY should be done away with, demanded Nalolo UPND member of parliament Inonge
Wina yesterday.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200203210193.html
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A Marriage Counterculture
Christianity Today - When I was a missionary in India, the most complex problem was polygamy-what
to do with a man who sought baptism but had more than one wife.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/135/44.0.html
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Why Are Good Men So Hard to Find?
Ferris State Torch - The reason why good men are so scarce these days is because we've all seemed
to have forgotten a simplelesson from our childhood sandbox: sharing. Polygamy might seem like
some strange Mormon practice, but Martin Luther himself advocated it and European Christians only
ceased its practice 200 years ago.
http://www.ferris.edu/torch/Opinions/02-13-02.html
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Polygamy Prosecution: State Considers Role
Standard Front Page - The issue is whether polygamy cases should be dealt with on a state level,
rather than on a county level.
http://www.standard.net/standard/news/news_story.html?sid=00010919232058349674+cat=news+templat....
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Islamic Woman Challenges South African Law on Marriages
CNN - South Africa's common law system denies the status of marriage to all polygamous and
potentially polygamous unions. And that applies to Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish and indigenous
African marriages. Under South African law, these religions are believed to practice polygamy.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/world.report/1999/9910/11/index.html
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So Far From Home
Essence - In this column, which takes an intimate look at diverse cultures, the author travels to
Paris to talk with a Senegalese woman about the unique difficulties of practicing
polygamy in a cramped city apartment
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1264/n5_v29/21019961/p1/article.jhtml
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Jesus Loves Polygamy, This I Know
Las Vegas Weekly - Christians use Internet as polygamy tool.
http://lasvegasweekly.com/2001_2/11_22/news_upfront1.html
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Utah Man Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in Polygamy Case
The New York Times - After his five current wives made desperate pleas to keep him out of prison,
Thomas A. Green was sentenced today to a relatively light term, five years, for his conviction in
June on four counts of bigamy and one count of criminal nonsupport.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/25/national/25POLY.html?ex=999316800&en=862fd28e0f6c5b47&....
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For Zimbabwean Father, 86 is Not Enough
CNN - Although polygamy has been accepted for centuries in Africa, many in Zimbabwe feel the
practice is in direct conflict with the modern-day values now practiced in much of the country.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9910/16/superdad/index.html
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Adventist.org: Family Planning Issues Still Foremost in African Society
One man says that as Africa realizes sex equality, polygamy will disappear. Another warns that the
result may be a move from polygamy to promiscuity.
http://www.adventist.org/pages/paiva.html
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Two Homes, Two Families, Two Wives
Christian Science Monitor - Thawabta and about 20 percent of the men in his village, according to
local estimates, maintain that the Koran provides the framework for polygamy.
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/08/10/fp12s1-csm.shtml
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Polygamy and Profit
Denver Rocky Mountain - Utah clan builds riches in Colorado, elsewhere, while growing bigger
through intermarriage.
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy29.html
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Polygamy, African Christians and the Anglican Communion
In parts of Africa, the central missionary question is polygamy. The Bible is of course quite clear
on the subject. Polygamy is fine in the Old Testament; and even in the New, it is only bishops who
are required to be 'the husband of one wife.
http://www.loper.org/%7Egeorge/trends/1998/Jul/91.html
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Marriage Issues Send my Daughter Wrong Message
USA Today, William Mattox Jr. - As the parents of a teenage daughter who hopes to get married
someday, my wife and I not only have a stake in what our daughter is taught about marriage, we have
a stake in what other people's sons are taught as well.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2001-08-21-ncguest1.htm
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Teen-age Girls are Fleeing Fundamentalist Sect to Avoid Polygamy
The Daytona Beach News-Journal - One of the first things Caroline Cooke did after she escaped from
her polygamist community was cut her knee-length hair to an above-the-shoulder bob. She also traded
her full-length dresses for sleeveless shirts and shorts.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/2001/Aug/23/NOTE1.htm
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SC issues notice to SG on Muslim woman's plea against polygamy
PTI - The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the solicitor general of India on a petition
filed by Julekhabi, a divorced Muslim woman, seeking a ban on polygamy prevalent in the community.
http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jul/27sc.htm
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Utah polygamy trial postponed until May
SALT LAKE CITY - A judge on Tuesday ordered self-professed polygamist Thomas Green, who has five
wives and 25 children, to stand trial in May on four counts of bigamy.
http://www.msnbc.com/local/rtut/m6535.asp
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Polygamy Not Justified Now
Muslimedia - The verses in the Qur'an concerning polygamy refer primarily to the economic
perspective of marriage in Islam.
http://www.muslimedia.com/archives/features98/polygamy.htm
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Polygamy Issue Resolved
e-Jubilee - The question of polygamy and clergy in the Celestial Church of Christ has apparently
been resolved, and the Policy Reference Committee I has decided to recommend that it receive full
WCC membership, according to a document released yesterday.
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/assembly/ejubilee/7-piece5.htm
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African Polygamous Life In A Western Context
A French woman, Claudette Bodin, is a secretary general of Afrique Partenaire, an association which
assists African immigrant polygamous families in France.(Panafrican News Agency)
http://library.northernlight.com/FB20001205790000046.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc
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Polygamy or Abuse? Utah Case Stirs Controversy
CNN - A court case involving a young girl refusing to stay in a polygamous relationship has stirred
public debate and controversy in Utah over the issues of sex, polygamy and child abuse.
http://cnn.com/US/9808/08/polygamy/index.html
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Polygamy Communities in Utah
20/20 - Transcript expired, but you may order it or the video cassette.
http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/transcripts/2020_99028_polygamy_trans.html
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Uganda's Parliament to Re-Examine Polygamy
CNN - Sissie Nanyomba and Benna Nakato married the same man in the same month of the same year.
http://www-cgi.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9804/05/uganda.polygamy/
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Polygamy Still Widespread In Burundi Society
All Africa News Agency - Bujumbura - Despite stringent anti-polygamy measures provided for in
Burundi laws, the heavy penalties often meted out to polygamists and the Christian teachings that
marrying more than one wife is abhorrent and immoral, polygamy is still widespread in Burundi.
http://www.africanews.org/east/burundi/stories/19990301_feat1.html
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Women Defending Polygamy by Cala Byram
Article about Mary Potter, leader of the pro-polygamy Women's Religious Liberties Union.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~robinsmith/poly1.html
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Accept Polygamy as an African Tradition, WCC Told
ENI - The general secretary of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Densen Mafinyani, has urged the
World Council of Churches to stop quibbling over whether an African church which tolerates polygamy
should be accepted as a WCC member.
http://www.eni.ch/assembly/0580.html
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African Woman Leads Crusade Against Polygamy
New York Times - Although she scarcely tolerates it, her problem is not so much the traditional
rural practice, which is widespread throughout this region, where the economics of hardscrabble
farming have long encouraged men to take more than one wife.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/34/015.html
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Panel Discusses Polygamy in Africa
Student Publications Inc. - A description of polygamy in Africa was presented by a panel of
speakers Friday evening in an attempt to explain a part of the African culture.
http://www.spub.ksu.edu/ISSUES/v099B/SP/n143/cam-polygamy-carter.html
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Polygamy, the Natural Law and St. Thomas
The University Concourse - In her lead article last issue Kathleen van Schaijik cites others as
citing "adult students" at a theological institute as citing St. Thomas as writing that
polygamy is permissible according to the natural law, because one man can inseminate many women.
http://www.theuniversityconcourse.com/II,2,10-2-1996/Waldstein.htm
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Lobola Polygamy and the Law
Weekly Mail and Guardian - Much of the debate has concentrated on the friction between gender
equality and traditions in African customary law, such as polygyny.
http://www.sn.apc.org/wmail/issues/951208/wm951208-26.html
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Polygamy Here to Stay, Scholar Says
Deseret News - After being practiced through thousands of years in most of the world's cultures,
polygamy is not only here to stay but will likely grow in some communities, according to an Israeli
scholar.
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,75000368,00.html
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Polygamists Say Bible is on Their Side
Detroit News - Now Butt lives in Utah with three wives and five children, ministering to nearly
1,000 people around the country who call themselves Christian polygamists.
http://detnews.com/2000/religion/0001/16/01140011.htm
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