http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26340/canadian-provincial-court-upholds-ban-on-polygamy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26340/canadian-provincial-court-upholds-ban-on-polygamy#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:09:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26340 A judge in British Columbia has decided that Canada's ban of polygamy does not violate the country's Charter of Rights.

B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Bauman issued his decision Wednesday, saying that while the ban does indeed violate the freedom-of-religion rights of those practising polygamy, polygamy brings such harm to women and children that they outweigh those rights.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26340/canadian-provincial-court-upholds-ban-on-polygamy/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26189/polygamist-communities-sent-teens-to-work-long-hours-for-low-pay http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26189/polygamist-communities-sent-teens-to-work-long-hours-for-low-pay#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:42:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26189 A polygamous sect in Bountiful, B.C. under scrutiny for its treatment of women has used its young men and women as a cheap source of labour, according to court documents and a former church member.

Dozens of young people - some from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints sect in Bountiful but others from the United States - were sent to Sundre, Alta. to work for a post, timber and logging operation.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26189/polygamist-communities-sent-teens-to-work-long-hours-for-low-pay/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21728/the-ahmadiyya-community-theologically-a-cult-of-islam-opens-canadas-largest-mosque http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21728/the-ahmadiyya-community-theologically-a-cult-of-islam-opens-canadas-largest-mosque#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:58:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21728 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21728/the-ahmadiyya-community-theologically-a-cult-of-islam-opens-canadas-largest-mosque/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21721/canadian-polygamist-may-receive-more-than-10000-from-the-government http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21721/canadian-polygamist-may-receive-more-than-10000-from-the-government#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:37:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21721
As a result, prominent polygamist Winston Blackmore and his family could receive more than $10,000 this month from the B.C. government in so-called dividend cheques.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21721/canadian-polygamist-may-receive-more-than-10000-from-the-government/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21646/polygamy-prosecutor-wants-bountiful-probe-reopened http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21646/polygamy-prosecutor-wants-bountiful-probe-reopened#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:17:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21646 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21646/polygamy-prosecutor-wants-bountiful-probe-reopened/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21292/bountiful-canada-polygam http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21292/bountiful-canada-polygam#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:27:03 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21292 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21292/bountiful-canada-polygam/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21285/polygamy-canada-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21285/polygamy-canada-2#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:52:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21285 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21285/polygamy-canada-2/feed 0