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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

END OF MORALITY LAWS ? JONATHAN TURLEY, LEAD COUNCEL IN THE SISTER WIVES LAWSUIT SPEAKS

WASHINGTON POST : SISTER WIVES LAWSUIT AND END OF MORALITY LAWS

By Jonathan Turley, Published: December 20, 2013

Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and lead counsel in the “Sister Wives” polygamy case.
 
EXCERPT: "The decision this month by a federal court striking down the criminalization of polygamy in Utah was met with a mix of rejoicing and rage. What was an emancipating decision for thousands of plural families was denounced as the final descent into a moral abyss by others... The case was never about the recognition of multiple marriages or the acceptance of the religious values underlying this plural family. It was about the right of consenting adults to make decisions for themselves and their families..."

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