Posted on 11/23/2010 4:15:04 AM PST by Loyalist
Striking down Canada’s polygamy law would make the country a magnet for polygamous immigrant families and open the door to societal harms resulting from the practice, a lawyer for the B.C. government said in opening remarks for a landmark case.
“The challengers [to the law] all urge the court to make Canada the sole Western nation to decriminalize polygamy,” Crown lawyer Craig Jones told a packed Vancouver courtroom Monday. “The reasonably apprehended result would be an influx of polygamous families who are presently barred from the country in addition to the practice’s domestic growth.”
Evidence to be heard in the case suggests that polygamy is already beginning to take root in Canada’s Muslim community, especially among immigrants, as a result of uncertainty around Criminal Code provisions against the practice, Mr. Jones added.
His remarks opened a constitutional reference case that will combine aspects of a trial and a public hearing and turn a spotlight on the polygamous community and practices of Bountiful, a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints community in southeastern B.C.
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And those with no religious beliefs to inspire them, but only their lusts, will take advantage of the situation as well.
If gays can be allowed to marry, why not people who want multiple wives. Why must our marriage laws be unfair to them? Liberals are hoist on their own petard!
Yes, indeed. The same analysis that supports gay marriage supports polygamy even stronger. That’s what happens when the traditional definition of marriage is bastardized.
I’m still waiting for the tv show Sister Wives to be pulled.
I thought it was illegal to have more than one wife in the US??
>The same analysis that supports gay marriage supports polygamy even stronger. That’s what happens when the traditional definition of marriage is bastardized.<
All part of their agenda from the start.Anyone want to doubt that marriage to minors is next?THAT was always part of their agenda,too.....
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The 1972 Gay Rights Platform
Repeal of all laws governing the age of sexual consent.
Repeal of all legislative provisions that restrict the sex or number of persons entering into a marriage unit; and the extension of legal benefits to all persons who cohabit regardless of sex or numbers.
http://www.article8.org/docs/general/platform.htm
“I’m still waiting for the tv show Sister Wives to be pulled.
I thought it was illegal to have more than one wife in the US??”
....me too....and btw does that “Sister Wives” guy remind you of anybody?....to me, he’s like one of those slick televangelist/cult hucksters...and I wouldn’t be surprised if members of his “family” are getting food stamps/medicade.
It isn’t going to Mormons that take advantage of this situation. It will be Muslims. Polygamy is already a growing concern in Europe. And don’t hold your breath waiting for feminists to complain.
Celebrate Diversity!!!
I don’t get it.
Why on Earth would anybody want more than one wife?...............
It’s insane for courts to make these decisions. INSANE!
Maybe he’s Jimmy Swaggart’s son!!! He’s real slick but those women are morons, JMO. But I don’t understand why the show is still on & he’s not in jail. I’d love to know where they get the money to feed all those kids!!
“I’d love to know where they get the money to feed all those kids!!”
....several years ago there was a bust at a Northern AZ polygamy compound...authorities were first alerted over a child abuse allegation and dept of social services sent a case worker to investigate...from there, a full investigation ensued by several different agencies including law enforcement...bottom line: massive food stamp waste/fraud/abuse was evident in the compound....otherwise the kids wouldn’t have gotten fed.
I don’t understand why this show is still on. Shouldn’t someone be investigating this??!!! Bad behavior is rewarded....makes my blood boil!!
I know they’re not really talking about this, because they assured us that polygamy wasn’t the next step down the slippery slope after gay “marriage.” [/sarcasm]
There was a word to describe insanity, and it was called A-C-L-U. For anyone who thinks polygamy can’t be decriminalized, realize that the ACLU has already made itself sympathetic to polygamy, it’s only a matter of time before some corrupt judge or court of appeals sympathizes with an attorney of theirs.
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