What harms do polygamy laws prevent?
By Kate Heartfield, Ottawa Citizen December 2, 2010
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/techno...laws+prevent/3915133/story.html#ixzz170a0cstY
By Kate Heartfield, Ottawa Citizen December 2, 2010
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/techno...laws+prevent/3915133/story.html#ixzz170a0cstY
The polygamy reference case has already made a valuable contribution: It has focused the debate on the question of harm. Apologists for the current law are now having to try to show that polygamy, in and of itself, always and necessarily hurts people. I don't believe they're succeeding, but I do see this as a promising first step toward creating a rational and effective legal strategy for dealing with abuse in polygamous communities.