Category Archives: big love

Is it ‘Big Love’ or ‘Sister Wives’ – meet the Dargers

Posted on September 9, 2011 by samchapman

They look like the ‘Sister Wives’ family, but they helped to inspire ‘Big Love’. Want to know more about the Dargers? Well, they have a book called ‘Love Times Three’ coming out this week, with an ebook version, and an … Continue reading →

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Mainstream Mormons brace themselves for legal polygamy

Posted on August 8, 2011 by samchapman

It had all been going so well for the largest sect of the Mormon faith. A favoured son was a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for President, while other candidates were ruling themselves out, and then along came another … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile in Texas, Warren Jeffs hides behind the state’s persecution of polygamists

Posted on August 4, 2011 by samchapman

Warren Jeffs, ‘prophet’ of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) is currently finishing his time in a Texas courtroom, where he is charged with sexual offences related to his alleged abuse of two girls, one … Continue reading →

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And so it begins, Brown Family v Utah

Posted on July 13, 2011 by samchapman

Today, a new front opens in the law around polygamy as Kody Brown and his 4 wives, stars of the ‘Sister Wives’ reality-TV show, file suit in Salt Lake City to challenge the law Utah uses to suppress polygamy. The … Continue reading →

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