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B.C. polygamists win support of civil rights group

Canada’s ban on polygamy invites the state into the bedrooms of consenting adults, says a B.C. civil rights group that is siding with a controversial religious sect in a landmark court case on the federal law barring multiple marriage.

While it, too, is concerned about allegations of child abuse and sexual interference, it argues the government should stay out of the bedroom — but investigate and prosecute criminal activity.

Federal judge says his ruling stands in FLDS land trust case

Cult leader Warren Jeffs to Obama: let me go or else…

Utah’s takeover of polygamous sect’s land trust ruled unconstitutional

In a decision that could have major implications for a long-running court battle between the state of Utah and the polygamous FLDS sect, a federal judge ruled Thursday that a state takeover of the sect’s property trust six years ago was unconstitutional.

Utah’s state courts seized control of the trust in 2005 amid allegations of mismanagement by church leaders, including Warren Jeffs, the newly reinstated head of the church who is currently in jail in Texas pending trial on charges of bigamy, aggravated sexual assault and assault.

Utah Attorney ready to move in Warren Jeffs case

Cult leader Warren Jeffs ousts leaders; retakes control of FLDS

Polygamous cult leader Warren S. Jeffs has retaken his post as president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, according to documents filed with the Utah Department of Commerce.

Sources say that Jeffs has also kicked dozens of prominent men out of the FLDS church.

Polygamous Muslims carefully watching B.C. polygamy case

The women of the FLDS sect in Bountiful, British Columbia, are not the only ones watching for the outcome of the landmark court case challenging Canada’s polygamy law.

Leaders in the Canada’s Muslim community say the decision will have wide implications.

New evidence about alleged child brides from Bountiful prompts application to re-open polygamy trial

The B.C. government has applied to re-open the polygamy trial to present new evidence that parents in Bountiful smuggled young girls across the border to marry controversial fundamentalist leader Warren Jeffs.

FLDS member pleads guilty to sex charges in marriage to his cousin

Polygamy trial evidence phase ends

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs won’t stand trial in Texas until at least July after hiring a new lawyer, who argued Monday that the “awesome” amount of evidence in the criminal case is too voluminous to prepare a defense anytime soon.

A judge agreed and postponed Jeffs’ trial on charges of having sex with two children at the Yearning for Zion ranch for a second time.

Cult leader Warren Jeffs’ pre-trial hearing scheduled for today

A polygamist woman from Bountiful on Tuesday said she had suffered bias and prejudice from mainstream society and called for Canada’s law against plural marriage to be decriminalized.

Data supports hard truth about brides in polygamous Bountiful

On Monday, the B.C. court case examining Canada’s law against polygamy will hear from women involved in polygamy who want the law tossed out.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge examining the constitutionality of Canada’s anti-polygamy law has spent nearly two months hearing about the alleged harms of polygamy.

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