Utah has enacted tough penalties for polygamy in recent years, in a bid to move past the state's complicated history with the practice. But a state senator now wants to reverse the crackdown and make ...

Unlike Sister Wives, Escaping Polygamy gives fans an honest look at what it’s like to leave polygamy and their families behind without any support from the outside world. This gritty Lifetime series ...

Escaping Polygamy is bringing awareness to the Kingston Clan. Pic credit: Lifetime Escaping Polygamy is a reality show that features people who “escape” the polygamous groups they have been raised in.

A new A&E documentary series is exposing the reality of life within several Mormon sects that still embrace polygamy – including one associated with the stars of TLC’s hit series Sister Wives. Through ...

Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters Recently, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council reintroduced a tired refrain: Legalized gay marriage could lead to other legal forms of marriage disaster, such ...

The arrest of polygamist leader Lyle Jeffs, evictions of polygamist families and new studies on crippling genetic disorders among small ultra-orthodox or “fundamentalist” Mormon communities in rural ...

(RNS) — A new history of the Mormons' brief residency in Illinois in the 1840s shows how democracy has been neither assured nor safe for minority groups in America. (RNS) — Benjamin Park, an historian ...

Polygamists consider Supreme Court rulings a shift towards the future legalization of polygamy There are roughly 30%2C000 to 50%2C000 Americans in polygamist unions Legal scholars do not share same ...

Currently, polygamy is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. The Utah Senate unanimously passed a bill that effectively decriminalizes polygamy between consenting adults. The bill would ...

Joseph F. Smith, nephew of the founding prophet, and his family. Courtesy: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much ...

When it comes to polygamy and Indonesia, it’s a complicated relationship. Although the practice is legal in the Muslim-majority nation, there are restrictions on having more than one wife and it is ...