Polygamist family disappointed with B.C. court ruling
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- Published on Thursday, 24 November 2011 11:39
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A man and woman who practise polygamy in Utah says they are disappointed in a court ruling in B.C. that upheld Canada's ban on polygamy.
Canada's polygamy laws upheld by B.C.'s top court
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- Published on Wednesday, 23 November 2011 13:37
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B.C. Supreme Court has upheld Canada's polygamy laws, but said minors who end up in polygamous marriages should be exempt from prosecution.
B.C court to rule whether polygamy is constitutional
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- Published on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 12:07
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VANCOUVER — The husbands and wives in the isolated polygamous commune of Bountiful, B.C., are about to learn whether the 121-year-old law that has overshadowed their lives violates their religious freedoms.
B.C. Supreme Court to rule on Canada’s polygamy law
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- Published on Wednesday, 23 November 2011 11:52
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VANCOUVER — The constitutionality of Canada’s polygamy law will be decided Wednesday by B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Judge Bauman.
B.C. girls as young as 12 married to U.S. polygamist: court documents
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- Published on Thursday, 11 August 2011 14:16
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Three young teenaged girls from Bountiful, B.C., were moved to the United States and married to a now-jailed American polygamous leader at the ages of 12 and 13, the provincial government alleges in newly filed court documents.
