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• African Woman Leads Crusade Against Polygamy

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/34/015.html
  Reproduced from the New York Times. Tells of an effort to end this traditional rural practice in Ivory Coast, where the economics of hardscrabble farming have long encouraged men to take more than one wife.

• Court Battle Over Polygamy Coming?

  http://www.projectrestore.com/trumpet/tpt2003_08.htm
  The Trumpet Herald - In June, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision decriminalized sodomy. "Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is asking his nationwide audience to pray that God will remove three judges from the United States' highest court so conservatives can replace them."

• For Zimbabwean Father, 86 is Not Enough

  http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9910/16/superdad/index.html
  CNN - Although polygamy has been accepted for centuries in Africa, many in Zimbabwe feel the practice is in direct conflict with the modern-day values now practiced in much of the country.

• Gambian freeze on polygamy

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3088315.stm
  BBC NEWS - President Jammeh provokes ire among Muslim traditionalists with a three-year ban on polygamous marriages.

• Marriage Issues Send my Daughter Wrong Message

  http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/comment/2001-08-21-ncguest1.htm
  USA Today, William Mattox Jr. - As the parents of a teenage daughter who hopes to get married someday, my wife and I not only have a stake in what our daughter is taught about marriage, we have a stake in what other people's sons are taught as well.

• Polygamists see open door for acceptance

  http://www.wnd.com/2003/07/19621/
  WorldNetDaily - Multiple-wives crowd hopes to capitalize on sodomy decision. "Polygamy is the next civil-rights battle."

• Polygamy Issue Resolved

  http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/assembly/ejubilee/7-piece5.htm
  Announcement that the question of polygamy and clergy in the Celestial Church of Christ was resolved, and the denomination would be recommended for full World Council of Churches membership.

• Russia Says No to Polygamy

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/400351.stm
  BBC News - A decree by the leader of a small Muslim region in Russia allowing men to have up to four wives has been dismissed as unconstitutional by the justice minister.

• SC issues notice to SG on Muslim woman's plea against polygamy

  http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jul/27sc.htm
  PTI - The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the solicitor general of India on a petition filed by Julekhabi, a divorced Muslim woman, seeking a ban on polygamy prevalent in the community.

• Sudan Pushes Polygamy

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1493309.stm
  BBC - President Bashir urges Sudanese men to take more than one wife to increase the population and promote the country's development.

• The Federal Marriage Amendment: Now is the Time for Action

  http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/mohler/1223746/
  Southern Baptist editorial supports amending the US Constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

• Uganda's Parliament to Re-Examine Polygamy

  http://www-cgi.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9804/05/uganda.polygamy/
  CNN - Sissie Nanyomba and Benna Nakato married the same man in the same month of the same year.

 

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