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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Land Shark who wrote (12638)	2/9/2008 6:53:51 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37125

......"Poligamy is BANNED under the Canadian Criminal Code.".... Yep...and then there is this...maybe special rights for moslums for some reason or other...terrorism maybe? looks like fairly recent law. Notice date...1990. From the article>>>> ...."Mumtaz Ali, president of the Canadian Society of Muslims, said wives in polygamous marriages are recognized as spouses under the Ontario Family Law Act, providing they were legally married under Muslim laws abroad. In addressing the issue of polygamous marriages, the preamble to the Ontario Family Law Act states: "In the definition of 'spouse,' a reference to marriage includes a marriage that is actually or potentially polygamous, if it was celebrated in a jurisdiction whose system of law recognizes it as valid. R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3, s. 1 (2)." "....