Tagged: Polygamy

12:16pm

Mon November 28, 2011
British Columbia high court

Ban on polygamy upheld in Canada; investigations under way

Credit Associated Press

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled that the ban on religious sects having polygamous marriages will stand because the harm inflicted outweighs religious freedom.

In a 335-page decision, Chief Justice Robert Bauman wrote that the ban on polygamy violates Canada’s Charter of Rights of Freedoms but is constitutional because the practice causes harm to women and children.

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