http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:54:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26487/will-the-taxwomen-bring-down-the-polygamist-how-about-a-columnist http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26487/will-the-taxwomen-bring-down-the-polygamist-how-about-a-columnist#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:49:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26487 Winston Blackmore may have finally met his match: the taxwomen -- whom he is facing in a landmark Tax Court trial.

Also on his case: Canadian author and columnist Daphne Branham.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26487/will-the-taxwomen-bring-down-the-polygamist-how-about-a-columnist/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26485/polygamous-leader-borrowed-25k-for-end-of-the-world-false-predicted-15-times-by-warren-jeffs http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26485/polygamous-leader-borrowed-25k-for-end-of-the-world-false-predicted-15-times-by-warren-jeffs#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:13:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26485 Canadian polygamist Winston Blackmore revealed in a Tax Court he was compelled to pay money to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to prepare for the end of world as prophecied by the sect's leader, Warren Jeffs.

To date at least 15 different deadlines set by Jeffs have gone and gone.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26485/polygamous-leader-borrowed-25k-for-end-of-the-world-false-predicted-15-times-by-warren-jeffs/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26463/winston-blackmore-describes-living-arrangements-with-his-21-wives http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26463/winston-blackmore-describes-living-arrangements-with-his-21-wives#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:51:39 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26463 Polygamous sect leader Winston Blackmore claims he is minister to approximately 400 followers in Bountiful and that they constitute a congregation, which should provide them an enormous break on taxes.

The Government of Canada is seeking to prove that he repeatedly understated his income on tax returns, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars being owed to the government]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26463/winston-blackmore-describes-living-arrangements-with-his-21-wives/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25422/b-c-supreme-court-opens-debate-on-polygamy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25422/b-c-supreme-court-opens-debate-on-polygamy#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:07:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25422 Canada is either on the cusp of legalizing polygamy or strengthening the 120-year prohibition against multiple marriage.

That's what is at stake in the constitutional reference case that will begin Monday in B.C. Supreme Court and is scheduled to last at least until the end of January.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25422/b-c-supreme-court-opens-debate-on-polygamy/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24032/polygamist-leader-suing-b-c-government http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24032/polygamist-leader-suing-b-c-government#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:11:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24032 Winston Blackmore, the leader of a polygamous community in southeastern British Columbia who has admitted to having multiple wives, is suing the provincial government for violating his rights when he was charged last year.

The charges were thrown out last fall after the men's lawyers successfully argued in court that the decision of a previous special prosecutor not to lay charges was final.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24032/polygamist-leader-suing-b-c-government/feed 0 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/23625/winston-blackmore-moral-advice http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23625/winston-blackmore-moral-advice#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:23:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23625 Winston Blackmore says charges of polygamy against him have not undermined his authority to offer advice on moral issues.

The Globe and Mail earlier this week reported that Mr. Blackmore was offering online advice to women in abusive relationships.

Nancy Mereska, who has campaigned against polygamy, was startled by Mr. Blackmore offering moral advice. All polygamous relationships are abusive, she said in an interview with The Globe and Mail]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23625/winston-blackmore-moral-advice/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/23274/pologamy-charges-against-canada-sect-leaders http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23274/pologamy-charges-against-canada-sect-leaders#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:36:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23274 Winston Blackmore and James Oler, leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bountiful, B.C., were charged last month with practising polygamy.

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is urging that the constitutionality of the anti-polygamy law be tested by a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada —a recommendation made in earlier legal opinions prepared for the B.C. attorney general.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23274/pologamy-charges-against-canada-sect-leaders/feed 0