It is a problem within polygamy in the state of Utah,” Cooper said. “I would hope that this bill would help situations that are in that lawsuit not happen in Utah or not ha ...

Kody Brown and his four wives — Christine, Janelle, Meri and Robyn — are celebrating the news that a law decriminalizing bigamy in Utah took effect The polygamist Brown family can rest easy ...

Under current law, polygamy - typically involving a man who cohabitates with and purports to marry more than one wife - is classified as a third-degree felony The Utah State Senate voted ...

theocracy in Utah." Congress would refuse the Utah Territory's applications for statehood for four decades, until the church renounced polygamy in 1890. Then the objections were lifted ...

Polygamy also drew the attention -- and criticism ... In addition to blocking the Utah Territory's petitions to join the Union, lawmakers passed the Edmunds Act, which made "unlawful cohabitation ...

Kody and his wives previously challenged Utah's criminal law against polygamy in 2011, but the case was ultimately dismissed by the court. "There's a part of it that will always be home to me ...

SALT LAKE CITY — At the age of 15, Lu Ann Cooper became the fourth wife of her 23-year-old cousin as part of the Kingston polygamous group in Utah. Now, as the president of Hope After Polygamy ...