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This allowed the families to escape homelessness, human tracking and abuse from polygamy in northern Arizona.
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Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2024
In 2013, a judge ruled in their favor, declaring parts of Utah’s polygamy laws unconstitutional, according to USA Today.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
In Libya, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the leader of the National Transitional Council, ended a ban on polygamy in his maiden speech to the country.
—Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2017
This act restored their civil rights and property, which had been taken away during the government’s efforts to eliminate polygamy in the Utah territory.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
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Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2024
In 2013, a judge ruled in their favor, declaring parts of Utah’s polygamy laws unconstitutional, according to USA Today.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
In Libya, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the leader of the National Transitional Council, ended a ban on polygamy in his maiden speech to the country.
—Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2017
This act restored their civil rights and property, which had been taken away during the government’s efforts to eliminate polygamy in the Utah territory.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Polygamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polygamy. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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polygamy
noun
po·lyg·a·my
pə-ˈli-gə-mē 
: the offense of having several and specifically more than two spouses at one time compare bigamy
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