“”That’s not the basis on which the SCOC will strike down the law.”

Actually, that is precisely the basis because that is the basis of the case that is being argued by the very religious, Christian sect leader that is being charged. That the polygamy law violates his freedom to exercise his religion is EXACTLY his defense.

You are simply wrong, Suzanne. As usual.”

Well, I’m merely going on the allegations that have surfaced in programs such as W5 and The Fifth Estate, which did involve underage girls being married off.

If the case at hand does not involve underage girls and is, in fact legal, consenting adults, then I really don’t see the problem.

As for SUZANNE, I left a snarky comment over at her place bemusing the irony of this getting struck down by the freedom of religion clause and she, in her infinite legal wisdom, seems to think that it won’t get struck down because of that… I’m not sure what she thinks will happen, because she is, of course, slack-jawed insane.

IANAL, but I think Oppal is making a big mistake with the polygamy charges. Why not go after them for, say, trafficking in illegal immigrants? It’s widely known that they illegally bring girls up from the US to get married. Or child abuse charges? Something like that. The polygamy thing is just going to open a big ugly can of worms.

Funny thing. There’s an election in May.

More power to them if they’re not on the public tit, but it’s hard to figure out how they’re making it.

They should also pay some higher tax of some kind to make up for the cost to society when they boot their young men onto the street because there aren’t enough uterus’ to go around.

I think the source of a lot of this aggravation is a Hatfield-McCoy situation within Bountiful itself, where 2 warring factions have got everyone divided and ratting out on everyone else. There could be something to the reports of abuse — that Warren Jeffs dude (currently serving time for accessory to rape) was their prophet/head honcho/whatever for awhile, and a regular visitor. Blackmore was his competition.

The polygamy charge is just a way to remove Blackmore from the equation, get in and do a real investigation of the place, IMO. As long as Blackmore is around and exerting whatever influence he has there, people are unlikely to come forward and confirm all the reports of abuse.

If the polygamy law is struck down, so what? Nobody who isn’t already interested in being polygamous is suddenly going to decide it sounds like a good idea. It seems people will never learn that laws against personal choice don’t stop anyone from doing what they’re determined to do.

I don’t know what they’re complaining about, the defendant in this polygamy case has something like 120 kids. I thought that was what they wanted. It wouldn’t surprise me if a lot of them were secretly supportive of the ends if not the means, and are only bitching about it because they hate anything that compromises their self-imposed ownership of the marriage brand.

“we’re so very lucky that jj and LuLu persevere, reading her odious screeds so that we don’t have to do it.”

You “have” no “idea” how “hard” it is to “read sentences” that “look” like “this” all the “time”.