Polygamist Proposal

For men, they help each other with bringing food and money home. As said “Polygyny is not so much about sex as it is about hoarding the productive and reproductive labor” (2006, p. 3). It is about decreasing the jurisdiction of a man or woman. The possible negative outcomes I see in polygamy is the possibilities of men and women feeling the need to be in competition of being the favorite wife or husband, and the fact of sharing partners. As stated in the videos and the article about polygamy, I agree with the benefits of polygamy as the positive outcomes. Having more than one wife or husband reduces the work or obligations needed to be provided at home. Though they are many positive factors of polygamy, I personally do not agree with the term. If I were married, I would not like to share my

Throughout her speech, Joseph speaks of, what she believes are, the positives of polygamy without realizing how non-feminist it is. She talks a lot about having a happy husband and children while still working, “My eight-year-old has never seen the inside of a day-care center, and my husband has

Marriage is a social institution that is practiced globally. Traditionally marriages are known to occur between one man and one woman. However, cultural values and time have reshaped and birthed new types of marriages. Polygamy is a type of marriage that is often practiced around the world specifically in Asia, Middle East, and Africa. Polyamorous marriages have been in existence for centuries. Polygamy is classified into two categories, polygyny, and polyandry. Polygyny is the most popular type of polygamy, in this type of polygamous marriage, a man is married to multiple women. On the other hand, polyandry which is the least familiar type of polygamy is where a woman is married to multiple husbands. The intolerance of Mormons in the United States has led to the outlawing of polyamorous marriages. The Morrill Anti Bigamy law of 1862 outlawed the practice of polygamy in the United States. Like many other laws, this law can be overturned. In fact, it should be reversed because illegalizing polygamy is unethical. Polygamy should be legalized because it is unconstitutional for it to be illegal, same-sex marriages and interracial marriages are legal, therefore so should polyamorous marriages. In addition, legalizing polygamy would prevent immigrant families who practice polygamy from being separated and it would also strengthen the feminist movement.

Most would equate their struggle and first for equality to gay marriage. This is mostly due to so much acceptance of those individuals that do not fit the mold of the typical monogamous man and women marriage. We are far from a city that is accepting of this union or are we? Recently families who practice polygamy have been in the public increasingly. Modern day television series such as the Sister Wives follows a family in a polygamous union who documents their day to day life and the struggle that we mentioned in the previous paragraph. This family lives their life in peace which reverts back to my stance on the issue in which the laws that currently exist around polygamy unions are good as they are. Reporter Amy Robek of the 20/20 news show reported on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints Polygamy Compound in a documentary titled “Secrets of the Mormon Cult: Breaking Polygamy”. This documentary was filmed after the prosecution of the cult leader of the FLDS compound Warren Jeff’s. They got a rare inside look on what life is like within compounds, shedding light to outsiders the daily operations and schedules the sheltered people. What they discovered was these families are hold a lower standard of education, health care, and nutritional values. From

Although marriage is a societal value, there has been a sharp increase in the instances of alternative family relationships, a phenomenon the law has been relatively quick to respond to. BOCSAR figures show that from 1987 to 2007, the number of married couples developed from 63% to 62%, which in the same period the number of de facto relationships (both heterosexual and homosexual) grew from 6% to 9%. As such, a new movement sources desire for

At the time the article was first published, the push for legalizing gay unions was a controversial topic in the USA. The writer, ‘Rev. Louis P. Sheldon was at the time, the chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition, a California-based organization of some 32,000 churches’ (p. 1). He was obviously against the idea of accepting gay marriage and sustained that gay relationships are simply ‘unnatural’. Moreover, he stated that nearly 80% of Americans were opposing the legalization of marriage among gay people. Along with the author many people opposed to the idea at that time of his article – But in despite of that, gay marriage was finally legalized in the United States in June 26, 2015 (Wikipedia 2001).

The state of Utah also relies heavily on Utah Const. art. III, § 1, in Utah’s Constitution stating “First: -- Perfect toleration of religious sentiment is guaranteed. No inhabitant of this State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship; but polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited”, and Utah’s anti-polygamy statute, Utah Code Ann. § 76-7-101(1)(2)(3) stating “(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, and (3) It shall be a defense to bigamy that the accused reasonably believed he and the

Any prohibition against polygamous marriage today must likewise meet these stringent requirements of the FRFA, in addition to the earlier Sherbert and Yoder decisions. The compelling state interests that have been identified are (1) underage marriage, child abuse, and incest; (2) subjection of women; and (3) welfare fraud. Yet there are

In this age of freedom and personal choice, where previously banned and frowned up lifestyles are accepted, polygamy should become a lifestyle choice. This is the opinion of people who live this lifestyle. “Loving them is simple. It’s one of those things you do unconsciously…and your way of being that you never question it.”(Brown 27). The sister wives must have respect for the people

Holding out Help, a non-profit organization based in Utah, has sought out to help people escape polygamist communities (“Holding Out Help”). Other than that, there is not many resources or places available for the women that are seeking justice from the harmful communities they grew up in Short Creek. I have discovered this from my research, in addition to the lack of knowledge individuals have about the mainstream Mormon Church, the FLDS, and polygamy. Although the Mormon Church used to promote polygamy in the 19th century, they do not practice polygamy, at least in this lifetime, according to Miller. They are two separate entities, and many people get confused by this. I have seen this from my own personal experiences, when I say that I have family from the state of Utah. Many people believe that all that there is to do in Utah is have more than one wife. I am not certain on who needs to make sure that there is a line of difference between the Mormon Church and the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but there needs to be one if the Mormon Church wants separation from the FLDS

The Morrill Anti- Polygamy Act would outlaw polygamy, yet was not heavily prosecuted because the jury would not convict their own. One of the things that lead up to Latter Day Saints vs United States court case was Reynolds vs the United States. Reynolds was instructed by the Church to be a test case in order to maintain polygamy through the court system. The case was meant to push first amendment rights to protect the Mormon religion and polygamy. The Mormon Church thought that by trying this case, the case would prove that there is a separation of church and state; this would allow them to keep polygamy. The courts argued that polygamy would undermine the entire government system. The ground to this is that America was built on the institute

The protection of the public from religious action must be held under a strict scrutiny test from United States v. Carolene Products Co. (1938), meaning the government has to prove it causes such public harm. The strict scrutiny test for the Free exercise of Religion is called the Sherbert Test, which was established by Justice Brennan’s opinion in Sherbert v. Verner (1963). This test requires a three prong test that we have applied to today’s case. First did the government burden the individual from swaying away from a religious practice due to an established law. Polygamy is part of the Mormon church and the criminalizing of it causes individuals to not take part in it. The next prong’s deal with the state’s mean on the regulation and since

In his conclusion, he implies that if gay marriage is all about love and affection, then who is to say that polygamy is wrong? What about marriage between relatives? This bit of information, although seemingly irrelevant in its placement, proves to be a good point. He ends by referring back to his introduction with the last line of the essay: " Congressman Barney Frank asked what harm it does if he is allowed to marry his boyfriend. This is a reasonable question; the answer is that it would do little harm to those who are already married, but considerable harm to future generations of Americans." In my opinion, the essay lacks an abundance of supported claims but shows ethos through his general tone and attitude towards the subject. His points are below par and passive, which altogether is the main factor in disturbing some of the essays effectiveness.

They are looking into changing the law so it doesn’t affect children from age 12-17 who marry into polygamy. (Canada Polygamy laws upheld, 2011) Recent news has come out that 12 and 13 year old girls were moved from Canada to the US to marry widely known polygamous, Warren Jeffs who now is in jail named. Currently, Jeffs is facing allegation he married the 3 girls through 2004 and 2005 while he was at the age of 48. (Keller, 2011) Consequently, women are highly affected by polygamy due to its tradition of marrying young, abusive relationships and deep jealousy.

Polygamy is the practice of having more than one spouse and is culturally accepted in many parts of the world, but is illegal in the United States. There are two well known forms of polygamy, both of which are still presently practiced in numerous cultures globally, polygyny and polyandry. These practices take place in societies where it is important to have either more men or more women in a families’ household based on the kind of environment they reside in. This paper is going to take a look at who practices polygamy, the history of polygamy in the United States, and how this kind of polygamous lifestyle affects the children that are the products of these family structures.