Christian or Biblical Polygamy

Christian Polygamy

• Polygamy and the Bible October 13, 2008
  This post is for those of you, should you exist, who wish to comment on the most recent addition to JoshuahsHouse.com, entitled Polygamy and the Bible. http://joshuahshouse.com/polygamy-and-the-bible.html
• THE ORTHODOX JEWISH PRO POLYGAMY PAGE October 8, 2008
  An interesting look at “christian” opposition to polygyny. Source: THE ORTHODOX JEWISH PRO POLYGAMY PAGE CHRISTIAN OPPOSITION TO POLYGAMY Christian commentators with a perverted perspective following in the Roman Catholic tradition have tremendous difficulty with Yaakov having four wives. This very point shows to what extent the Roman church is not a continuation of Jewish traditions, society [...]
• Texas Authorities Seek Custody of Polygamist Sect’s Children Again August 19, 2008
  FOXNews.com More than two months after being forced to return children from a polygamist sect to their parents, Texas child welfare authorities want eight youngsters put back in foster care. Individual hearings for the four mothers of the children, who range in age from 5 to 17, are set to begin Monday. Child Protective Services has asked a [...]
• FLDS hearing held in closed court August 19, 2008
  Source: Deseret News Lawyers for a member of the Fundamentalist LDS Church may be trying to prevent that person from testifying before a grand jury investigating crimes within the polygamous sect. A hearing on a motion to quash a subpoena was held behind closed doors here on Friday. Little else is known about what happened at the [...]
• Court lets CPS end oversight of 34 FLDS children August 19, 2008
  Source: Houston Chronicle A West Texas judge on Friday agreed to end court oversight of 34 children from a polyamist group. Child Protective Services indicated last week that it would no longer pursue legal action against the parents of 34 children because the agency felt they were not in immediate danger. On Friday, State District Judge Barbara [...]
• Polygamy is the key to a long life August 19, 2008
  Source: New Scientist Want to live a little longer? Get a second wife. New research suggests that men from polygamous cultures outlive those from monogamous ones. After accounting for socioeconomic differences, men aged over 60 from 140 countries that practice polygamy to varying degrees lived on average 12% longer than men from 49 mostly monogamous nations, says [...]
• Judge Orders FLDS Girl Back into Foster Care August 19, 2008
  Source: News Radio 1200 WOAI San Antonio Texas A judge in San Angelo ruled this afternoon that a 14 year old girl who was ’spiritually married’ to Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ‘prophet’ Warren Jeffs when she was 12 must be taken away from her mother and placed into foster [...]
• Mother mum in polygamy custody case August 19, 2008
  Source: CNN.com The mother of a girl allegedly given in marriage at age 12 to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs refused to answer questions Monday from attorneys for the state.Warren Jeffs and four followers were indicted in Texas last month for sexual assault of a child. Warren Jeffs and four followers were indicted in Texas last month [...]
• Ex-husband of teen bride could face trial in Utah August 15, 2008
  Source: KXAN.com The ex-husband of a teen bride who helped convict polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs on counts of rape by accomplice — could face trial. Allen Glade Steed is charged in Utah with one count of first-degree felony rape for his sexual relationship with Elissa Wall after the couple married in a 2001 religious ceremony. She was [...]
• Current number of cases against FLDS is unknown August 15, 2008
  Source: Salt Lake Tribune While Texas authorities were initially investigating 20 cases of sexual assault and 50 bigamy cases involving FLDS members, it is unclear how many of those cases remain open four months later. Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange confirmed the number of cases - outlined in an April [...]