http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/polygamist...

James Keller

Vancouver, B.C. — The Canadian Press Published on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 7:42PM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 9:51PM EST

Winston Blackmore, the leader of a polygamous community in southeastern British Columbia who has admitted to having multiple wives, is suing the provincial government for violating his rights when he was charged last year.

Mr. Blackmore and James Oler, both leaders of separate factions in Bountiful, B.C., were arrested in January 2009 and each charged with practising polygamy, two decades after police first starting looking into the community near the United States border.

This has been posted at the Wisconsin Law Journal. An excellent article describing how rediculous the laws banning plural marriage are at this late date. Click through to the site and go leave comment there for the author. Good Stuff!

http://wislawjournal.com/article.cfm/2010/01/18/Commentary-No-Big-Love-f...

Commentary: No ‘Big Love’ for polygamy laws
by David Ziemer
January 12, 2010

My favorite TV show, “Big Love,” is back on the air for a new season.

If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s a family drama about a man in Utah, his three wives, and their assorted children. A frequently-used device to drive the plot is their ever-present fear of criminal prosecution for polygamy.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/more-to-big-love-coc...

January 9, 2010 | 8:38 am

Biglove10_12Can't wait for the “Big Love” premiere Sunday? Check out this extended Q&A with co-creator and executive producer Will Scheffer as he dishes on the HBO extended-family drama’s new season, including casting Sissy Spacek, why Teenie was replaced, and who’s primed to have the best season ever.

Where does Season 4 pick up? Right after Roman’s death?

Quick reminder that Big Love Season 4 starts this Sunday.

Things we can look forward to:

Bill Running for Public Office
Margie and her Jewelry
The Family Fun Center and Casino the Henricksons have opened
Nikki and her long lost Daughter
Where is Roman?? We know he is dead, but where is his body?
Alby doing Alby things
Cash..... can you say CASH??

And the list goes on.

If anyone out in our 4TheFamily family would like to write a review of each episode, it would be very much appreciated.

Cheers!!

South Africa's president to marry 3rd wife in traditional ceremony Monday, his office says

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (CP) – 7 hours ago

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The South African president's office says he is set to formalize his marriage to his third wife in a traditional wedding ceremony this week.

In a statement released Sunday, the presidency said President Jacob Zuma and Tobeka Madiba will take part Monday in a private family ceremony.

The office requested that media "allow the family the privacy that they are entitled to."

Madiba attended Zuma's inauguration ceremony in May. The president also has two other wives and 19 children.

This article was in the Mormon Times Today. Strong Mormon Women.

http://mormontimes.com/studies_doctrine/church_history/?id=12274

By Marc Haddock
Deseret News
Published: 2009-12-14 11:32:22

In 1896, Martha Hughes Cannon spent a total of $35 in the campaign that led to her election as a member of Utah's fledgling state Senate.

It was a seminal moment in U.S. politics. In that election, Cannon became the first woman in America to be elected to any state senate. The fact that she defeated her husband in the election made her victory part of Utah's folklore.

As a pioneer doctor, a champion of public health, and a polygamist's wife who was also a leader in the suffragist movement, Cannon carved out a unique place in the annals of the state's history.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-michaelson/monogamous-marriage-is-an_b...

It's Not Just Tiger: Monogamous Marriage Is An Anomaly
Jay Michaelson
Columnist, activist and author of "Everything is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism"
Posted: December 9, 2009 04:27 PM

Truly traditional marriage, after all, is polygamy. This is what the Bible instructs, and it's been the dominant familial arrangement in the Western world for longer than any other form, including nuclear-family monogamy. Kings had their concubines, noblemen had their mistresses and kept women, and the rest of us - well, we had the world's oldest profession. None of these were exactly God's word, but they were understood to be part of life.

On going legal fight right now in Canada, to determine whether Canada's anti-polygamy law is constitutional