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The overturned law wasn’t really a “polygamy ban”. Utah’s bigamy law is still in place like every other state. The law banned unmarried couples from living together. The court said adults can live with anyone they want.

2 posted on 10/09/2014 9:40:29 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)

To: Hugin; Citizen Zed

Yeah, it was a “cohabitation” ban, which goes further than other states ever dared to in the modern era, due to the peculiarities of Utah statehood vis a vis the LDS.

3 posted on 10/09/2014 9:44:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)

To: Hugin; Citizen Zed; 2ndDivisionVet

That's not quite the case. Utah's bigamy law wasn't a broad-brush cohabitation ban for unmarried couples. The law prohibited a married person from purporting to marry or cohabitating with another person, or a single person from purporting to marry or cohabitating with a married person. Knowledge of the marital status was also required.

Utah Crim. Code 76-7-101:
76-7-101. Bigamy -- Defense.
(1) A person is guilty of bigamy when, knowing he has a husband or wife or knowing the other person has a husband or wife, the person purports to marry another person or cohabits with another person.
(2) Bigamy is a felony of the third degree.
(3) It shall be a defense to bigamy that the accused reasonably believed he and the other person were legally eligible to remarry.

14 posted on 10/10/2014 5:43:30 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)

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