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When she was practicing law, Kartini Maarof once went beyond the call of duty for her divorce client.
A Utah judge has ordered the sale of a 400-acre parcel of land that is part of a communal property trust established by followers of jailed polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs.
A Utah judge has scheduled a hearing to consider whether to allow the sale of a 438-acre parcel of land where a southern Utah-based polygamous church headed by jailed leader Warren Jeffs had planned to build a temple.
A judge has rejected a proposed settlement that would have returned control of a state-managed land trust back to followers of polygamous leader Warren Jeffs.
A court-appointed fiduciary of a polygamous church trust has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor trespassing and other charges related to his management operations.
A court-appointed fiduciary has reversed his decision to reject a check for past-due housing fees from a polygamous church.
Some former members of a polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona line are worried they will lose their homes in the legal wrangling for control of the church's property trust.
Settlement talks in a yearslong battle for control of a polygamous church's property trust ended upbeat Wednesday evening with all sides talking and trying to work out disagreements, the mediator said.
There's little question who will lead South Africa after Wednesday's national election. The real mystery lies in who will be the country's first lady.
A 14-year-old girl allegedly married to polygamist group leader Warren Jeffs when she was 12 may be placed permanently in Texas state custody.
One of Utah's original voting blocs — polygamists — is attempting to re-establish its political influence after more than a century of largely trying to go unnoticed.
Polygamy is never far from the minds of Utah residents — even when it occurs in another state.
Members of a polygamous church are suing to regain control of a property trust, claiming court reforms since 2005 have stripped it of its constitutional rights.
An Iranian parliamentary committee rejected on Monday government amendments to a bill that would have allowed men to take additional wives without permission from their first wife — a proposal that angered women and the country's top judicial official.
Attorneys for a polygamous church sued a court-appointed accountant on Friday, seeking to reverse an $8.8 million judgment against its $110 million property trust.
A Malaysian with three wives and 25 children is set to marry again after receiving consent from his spouses and an Islamic court, reports said Tuesday.
For a society accustomed to the likes of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, the images of the women from the polygamist compound in Texas are almost shocking in their understatement: Ankle-length dresses, makeup-less faces, hauntingly uniform hair.
Roger Wyler has something almost no one else here does — a deed to his home.
While Mitt Romney condemns polygamy and its prior practice by his Mormon church, the Republican presidential candidate's great-grandfather had five wives and at least one of his great-great grandfathers had 12.
Opponents of polygamy in Muslim-majority Malaysia said Thursday they will conduct a rare survey in an attempt to prove the practice throws families into emotional and economic turmoil.
A suburban Detroit woman who authorities say made a habit of marrying men and draining their finances pleaded guilty Wednesday to polygamy.
Calling their lives blessed, more than a dozen children and young adults from polygamist families in Utah spoke at a rally Saturday, calling for a change in state laws and the right to live the life and religion they choose.
Houston's FBI office has placed the fugitive daughter of a deceased Utah polygamist on the agency's "most wanted" list after getting a tip about the woman from a relative in prison.
The Utah Supreme Court upheld the 2003 bigamy conviction of a former police officer Tuesday, ruling that the state law banning polygamy is not unconstitutional.
Polygamist church leader Warren Jeffs has been placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in hopes that the additional exposure and reward money will lead to his arrest.
"The Polygamy Experience" For $69.95, a pair of former Mormon fundamentalists will give you a bus tour of a polygamist city, freaky.All of this unwanted but very real public attention prompted two brothers who are former members of the FLDS to launch a polygamy tourism business last month.
State releases final report; says 275 children harmedThis story originally published December 24, 2008. A Texas Child Protective Services investigation has found that of the 439 children removed from the Yearning for Zion Ranch in West Texas earlier this year, 275 were abused or neglected.
Polygamy has 'no place in Canada': justice ministerThe federal justice minister says polygamy has "no place in Canada," after calls for clarity on the issue from the British Columbia attorney general.
Polygamous challenge: A case of lost common sense In January, after two decades of debate and several police probes in Bountiful, Mr. Blackmore was charged with having 19 wives, Mr. Oler with two. Last week, the case was quashed by the B.C. Supreme Court; the former B.C.
South African groom marries 4 women simultaneouslyMilton Mbhele showed up for his wedding Saturday in a white limousine - with four brides.
An Odd Silence on Gay Marriage: Why won't leading opponents of same-sex marriage go on the record with their predictions? - Reason MagazineOpponents of same-sex marriage reject it on religious and moral grounds but also on practical ones.
Drug Cartels Target Mormon Clans in Mexico"All we want to do is live in peace. We want nothing to do with the drug cartels. They can't be stopped.
It's time we take stock of the way the relationships between men and women have evolved in this country and in Western civilization in general, isn't it? There's too much confusion. As we all know, the best way to restore order is to put one sex firmly in control of the other.
Lucky man marries thai twins simultaneouslyAfter Mr Wichai (Tao), aged 24, from Samut Songkram province, who earns his living by dealing in old goods, got married to gorgeous twins Ms Sirintara and Ms Thipawan 22, he vouched his sincerest 'equal love' for both of them!
I do not understand how the liberals are fostering the legitimatization of gay marriage in the economic mainstream yet polygamy is perceived as an aberration of nature.
Polygamist sect gets millions from U.S. governmentAmerican taxpayers have unwittingly helped finance a polygamist sect that is now the focus of a massive child abuse investigation in West Texas, with a business tied to the group receiving a nearly $1 million loan from the federal government and $1.2 million in military contracts
Zille in 'racist' Zuma HIV attackSouth African opposition leader Helen Zille has been labelled a racist by the governing ANC's Youth League for a lacerating attack on the president. The Western Cape premier was quoted by the Sowetan newspaper as saying President Jacob Zuma had put his three wives at risk of con …
O'Reilly's Ark: Gay marriage could lead to goat, duck, dolphin, and turtle marriage SUMMARY: Bill O'Reilly again theorized that the legalization of gay marriage could lead to interspecies marriages, stating to Margaret Hoover, "[Y]ou would let everybody get married who want to get married.
The Terrifying Brilliance of Islam HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED why millions of Muslim men are dedicated to killing Americans? Or why so many are willing to blow themselves up to kill Israelis? Or why they are so committed to blowing up random people in Bali, London, Madrid, etc.?
It is disingenuous to ballyhoo the virtues of gay marriage in the media yet I do not hear of a legalization effort underway for polygamy that portends heterosexual parents.
Polygamous church[FLDS] to negotiate trust settlementSALT LAKE CITY - The parties in a years-long battle over control of a polygamous church's property trust are trying to negotiate a settlement on the assets, which were placed under state court oversight after allegations of mismanagement in 2005.
Afghan law legalizing marital rape put on hold after firestormAn Afghan law which critics say would legalize marital rape has been placed on hold pending review and revision after it fell under intense International criticism.
Reid to revive polygamy crime billWASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said this morning he plans to revive his drive to crack down on crimes committed within polygamous communities, and to help people seeking to leave plural marriage groups.
Polygamy breeds strange alliancesPolygamy came to Parliament Hill yesterday, as opponents of decriminalization opened a political front in their campaign to ensure that marriage remains a union limited to two people.
Storm over the Muslims 'with up to four wives'GROWING numbers of Muslim men are "marrying" up to four wives in Britain, a leading Muslim peer warned last night. Tory Baroness Sayeeda Warsi fears a sharp increase in polygamy in the UK is becoming a threat to community cohesion.
Anti-gay Arguments We Don't Bother With (And Should): Part 2#2: If you let gays marry, then you will have to allow polygamous, incestuous or inter-species marriage.
Legal experts recommend Canada legalize polygamyTORONTO -- A new study commissioned by the federal government recommends Canada legalize polygamy and change legislation to help women and children living in plural relationships. The paper by three law professors at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., argues a Charter challen …
Defense for polygamists cites gay marriageCanada's decision to legalize gay marriage has paved the way for polygamy to be legal as well, a defense lawyer said Wednesday as the two leaders of rival polygamous communities made their first court appearance.
HBO's "Big Love" Gets a Big Tie to Real World For Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, the creators and executive producers of "Big Love," the raids at the polygamous ranch confirmed what they had known all along — that polygamy is alive and thriving in several pockets of the American West.
Top Saudi cleric: OK to wed young girlsThis is another example of religion being used to enslave (sell and trade) girls. It doesn't matter if the bible or Quoran is being used by men who want to justify their desire for your girls. Religion is used to cloak their predatory and pedophile behavior.
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