Posted on 11/02/2005 10:19:58 AM PST by laney
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- A judge will ask the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to let him stay on the bench after a commission that oversees judges ordered him dismissed because he has three wives.
Those pursuing the case against Judge Walter Steed say his plural marriage creates a conflict: After taking an oath to uphold the law, he shouldn't be breaking it.
"You can't have it both ways," said Colin Winchester, the executive director of the state's Judicial Conduct Commission.
The commission issued an order seeking Steed's removal from the bench in February, after a 14-month investigation determined Steed was a polygamist and as such had violated Utah's bigamy law
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"SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- A judge will ask the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to let him stay on the bench after a commission that oversees judges ordered him dismissed because he has three wives."
Unless he chose them REALLY carefully he mainly deserves sympathy.
All 3 of his wives are biological sisters.
some crimes seem self-punishing
Why would anyone want three wives? One is just fine and sometimes maybe 1/2 of one would be about right.
...Just kidding.
You know, in Greenwich Village, this kind of arrangement is A-OK.
That's what I thought. Glutton for punishment?
Or the weekends with three "honey do" lists and the repercussions after failing.
Under Nevada law, bigamy - or "Mormon Hold'em" - is perfectly legal. --Judge Constance Harm tells Homer Simpson.
No kidding. Get one more and your nagging can be in surround sound.
In some cases three wives still mean one mother-in law.
There are many sisters married to the same man in polygamy.
Geezus. One alone is killing me. Three?
Pretty Funny!
I always was interested in more than one wife, so I wouldn't have to pay a housekeeper, etc. But I guess you pay one way or tuther.
Thus the beauty of polyandry.
Instead of adding to my collection, maybe I should just clone her...
As for this judge, while I feel his "crime" shouldn't be illegal in the first place, he shouldn't whine when he gets caught. Take your punishment like a man and work to change the law.
These 3 are sisters...
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