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Bill against child bigamy puts focus on polygamy in Arizona
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Arizona has become a haven for sects that practice polygamy and child bigamy because it lacks the laws needed to protect victims, an activist who left a polygamous marriage told state lawmakers Thursday.”We’re destroying generation after generation of children by allowing this molestation of children to continue,” said Flora Jessop, executive director of the Child [...]
Bill would shield children of polygamists
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008State lawmakers are trying to make it more difficult for at least some of those who practice polygamy to get custody of their children in divorce cases.Without dissent, the House Committee on Human Services on Thursday approved legislation barring judges from granting sole or even joint custody to a parent who has practiced child bigamy. [...]