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/23703/bountiful-polygamy-7 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23703/bountiful-polygamy-7#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:30:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23703 Criminal polygamy charges against B.C., Canada religious leaders Winston Blackmore and Jim Oler were thrown out last Thursday -- which, Canada's National Post writes, means they can continue to practise what they preach: Accept multiple wives, including teenage girls.

But McGill University law professor Angela Campbell isn't too worried. While she does not endorse polygamy, her research into the religious groups suggests Bountiful is neither a community of horrors nor a utopia.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23703/bountiful-polygamy-7/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23687/polygamy-charges-dismissed-against-polygamous-cult-leaders http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23687/polygamy-charges-dismissed-against-polygamous-cult-leaders#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:07:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23687 Criminal polygamy charges against B.C. religious leaders Winston Blackmore and Jim Oler have been thrown out.

Former attorney-general Wally Oppal did not have authority to appoint a second special prosecutor to the decades-long case after the first one declined to proceed, Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein ruled.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23687/polygamy-charges-dismissed-against-polygamous-cult-leaders/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23363/canada-defends-polygamy-ban http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23363/canada-defends-polygamy-ban#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:41:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23363 In January, the RCMP charged two prominent members of a fundamentalist Mormon sect in Bountiful, B.C., with practising polygamy.

The lawyer for one of them has vowed to cite his client's religious freedom as a defence, leading some legal and constitutional experts to speculate the case could go all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23363/canada-defends-polygamy-ban/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23188/winston-blackmore-jim-oler-bountiful-polygamy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23188/winston-blackmore-jim-oler-bountiful-polygamy#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:45:58 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23188 The bitter rivalry between two religious leaders in B.C. charged last week with polygamy could lead to two separate trials, increasing costs and prolonging a process that is already expected to stretch over a number of years.

Mr. Robertson would prefer to have both men on trial at the same time. But Mr. Blackmore and Mr. Oler have the option to ask for separate trials, Mr. Robertson said in an interview.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23188/winston-blackmore-jim-oler-bountiful-polygamy/feed 0