I read with incredulity earlier this month that U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups of Salt Lake City had ruled that there is sufficient evidence to allow a polygamous family to pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah’s bigamy law.
I’ve written about Kody Brown and his brood of wives before (http://johnwmkennedy.blogspot.com/search?q=Brown). But since then and thanks to the popularity of his TV reality program, Brown has gone from outlaw to celebrity to legal trailblazer.
In his ruling, Waddoups accused prosecutors of showboating their authority and harassing the Browns, thus violating their constitutional rights.
Yet the fact that Kody counts Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn as his “Sister Wives” is a threat to the foundation of the American family. Traditional marriage already is facing attacks from the rising tide of cohabitation and the increasing number of state legislatures authorizing same-sex marriage.
When the state claims to have no interest in how people copulate, having multiple legal sex partners opens the door to a lack of regulation on the age of the “wives.” It’s not too farfetched to see polyandrous promoters filing lawsuits defending their “right” to have sex with children.
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