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Polygamy battle continues in Canada

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:15:47 +0000

Chad Groening – OneNewsNow – 3/6/2009

A poll conducted by Compass Research for CFAC shows that 85 percent of Canadians do not want the government to legalize polygamy.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=437514

Polygamy breeds strange alliances

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:13:39 +0000

Christians side with Muslims on decriminalization
John Ivison, National Post
Published: Thursday, March 05, 20

Polygamy came to Parliament Hill yesterday, as opponents of decriminalization opened a political front in their campaign to ensure that marriage remains a union limited to two people.

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1354438

Accused polygamist looking for legal aid from B.C.

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:02:40 +0000

Winston Blackmore has yet to enter his plea to the criminal charge of practising polygamy, but he’s already on his third lawyer, has filed for legal aid and asked Utah’s attorney-general for help in having his bail conditions amended.

http://www.vancouversun.com/Life/Accused+polygamist+looking+legal+from/1330684/story.html

Polygamous marriages drain taxpayer dollars

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:01:30 +0000

Canadian Muslim leaders admitted that hundreds of Muslim men in Ontario are now claiming welfare and social benefits for their multiple wives. This is welfare fraud.

http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=4584f9bc-04ce-4608-b740-72b422deef14

Polygamist sect on Idaho-B.C. border drawing new scrutiny

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:40:40 +0000

Two FLDS schools, with some students from Boundary County, get almost $1 million a year from the Canadian government.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/feb/15/secret-under-scrutiny/

North Idaho polygamist sect drawing new scrutiny

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:38:52 +0000

The FLDS community of Bountiful, B.C., is the “polygamy capital of Canada,” that country’s “dirty secret,” where underage marriages and child abuse have gone untouched, according to author and Vancouver Sun columnist Daphne Bramham, who has written extensively about the sect.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39696072.html