{"id":21248,"date":"2013-12-16T20:52:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T01:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21248"},"modified":"2013-12-16T20:52:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T01:52:31","slug":"whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21248","title":{"rendered":"What’s Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, The Salt Lake<\/a> Tribune reported that\u00a0Judge Clark Waddoups<\/a> has ruled that key parts of Utah<\/a>\u2019s polygamy<\/a> laws are unconstitutional<\/a>. The judge’s ruling essentially decriminalizes polygamy.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Waddoups\u2019 ruling attacks the parts of Utah\u2019s law making<\/a> cohabitation<\/a> illegal. In the introduction, Waddoups says the phrase “or cohabits with another person” is a violation of both the First and 14th amendments. Waddoups later writes that while there is no “fundamental right<\/a>” to practice polygamy, the issue really comes down to “religious cohabitation.” In the 1800s \u2014 when the mainstream LDS Churh still practiced polygamy \u2014 “religious cohabitation” in Utah could have actually resulted in “multiple purportedly legal marriages.” Today, however, simply living together doesn\u2019t amount to being “married,” Waddoups writes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The court finds the cohabitation prong of the Statute<\/a> unconstitutional on numerous grounds and strikes it,” Waddoups later writes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This ruling is not good news for the American<\/a> family. It is a step toward recognizing polygamy as legal marriage. It is also a step toward changing the definition of marriage<\/a> and family. Since the family has been the foundation\u00a0 of our society, what happens when you weaken that foundation? What will be the next group of people to have their relationships declared legal marriages?<\/p>\n

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On Friday, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that\u00a0Judge Clark Waddoups has ruled that key parts of Utah\u2019s polygamy laws are unconstitutional. The judge’s ruling essentially decriminalizes polygamy. The article reports: Waddoups\u2019 ruling attacks the parts of Utah\u2019s law making cohabitation … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6780,904,6778,6779,6782,6783,285,3619,5189,6781],"class_list":["post-21248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-clark-waddoups","tag-law","tag-polygamy","tag-salt-lake-tribune","tag-sister-wives","tag-statute","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-district-court","tag-utah","tag-waddoup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21251,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21248\/revisions\/21251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}