Polygamy is outlawed in the state constitution, but there are still likely hundreds of Arizonans who engage in plural ...

Samuel Bateman was sentenced to prison in Arizona after claiming more than 20 spiritual “wives” including 10 underage girls.

Polygamy is a remnant of the early teachings ... Fundamentalist Mormons, said to number more than 30,000 across the western United States, believe they are adhering to the truest form of Mormon ...

Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much controversy as polygamy, called plural or celestial marriage within the church. It divided prophet Joseph Smith's own household, caused a schism ...

Some Islamic scholars have called for the re-orientation of people about polygamy. According to them, polygyny is not as bad as being painted in the society. These were part of the submissions ...

We made use of polygamy." Polygamy became illegal in the United States in 1862. The Supreme Court's anti-polygamy ruling in Reynolds in 1879 was the first high court ruling to limit religious ...

The sect has branches in the United States, where it has about 10,000 members. Polygamy is illegal under Section 293 of Canada's Criminal Code. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police first began ...