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 ...

Count Prunty among the polygamy opponents who see Utah’s latest legislation, SB102, as only the most-recent setback for their cause. The bill, ...

The Utah Legislature last amended the state’s bigamy statute in 2017, clarifying that polygamy is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.Lawmakers also added new penalties of up to 15 ...

But Utah's attorney general, pro-polygamy activists and other experts estimate there are an estimated 40,000 people living in polygamous families or communities like this one across the western U ...

Advocacy groups for polygamy and individual liberties on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, hailed a federal judge's ruling that key parts of Utah's polygamy laws are unconstitutional, saying it will remove ...

The mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints abandoned polygamy in 1890 as Utah moved toward statehood. Today, it strictly prohibits the practice.

Utah Polygamy Ban Challenged January 27, 2004 / 2:03 PM EST / AP When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas' law against sodomy last year, at least one justice foresaw the likes of Brian Barnard.

LAS VEGAS — Advocates for so-called plural marriages are applauding a ruling by a U.S. District Court judge that struck down key segments of Utah’s anti-polygamy law, saying they violated ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Polygamy has essentially been decriminalized under a bill signed into law by Utah's governor. On Saturday, the governor signed Senate Bill 102 into law. It reduces the crime of ...

Advocacy groups for polygamy and individual liberties on Saturday hailed a federal judge's ruling that key parts of Utah's polygamy laws are unconstitutional, saying it will remove the threat of ...

Beyond some major changes to Utah’s liquor laws, another big bill signed on Tuesday was House Bill 99, which effectively “re-criminalizes” polygamy in Utah. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mike N ...