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To: LindyBill who wrote (98725)	2/4/2005 9:39:32 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793800

This is the logical outcome of allowing gay marriage. What next? Could Polygamy Be Decriminalized? The Utah Supreme Court is considering decriminalizing polygamy. The state's highest court has taken up the case of a Southern Utah police officer convicted of bigamy. (KSL News) -- Utah's highest court is considering decriminalizing polygamy. Today the State Supreme Court justices questioned the constitutionality of Utah's bigamy law. Assistant Attorney General Laura Dupaix argued against decriminalizing polygamy. "The bigamy statute prohibits multiple marriages at the same time. Marriage is a public institution, it's not private sexual conduct." The court took up the case of Rodney Holm, the Southern Utah police officer who was convicted of bigamy for having three wives. Holm's lawyer Rod Parker says, "We're not seeking to reconfigure the institution of marriage. We’re not seeking civil recognition for polygamous marriages. We're simply seeking to have the conduct of these people decriminalized." Parker also argues that polygamy is a religious freedom.