Utah Judge: criminalization of "cohabitation" unconstitutional; conservative pearl clutching ensues

Dec 17, 2013 08:50

Utah Polygamy Court Ruling On 'Sister Wives' Case Confirms Fears Of Social Conservatives

(RNS) Fueling debates over marriage and religious freedom, a federal judge declared on Dec. 13 Utah laws criminalizing polygamy are unconstitutional, ruling on a case involving the Brown family from TLC’s reality series “Sister Wives.”( Read more... )

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chaya December 17 2013, 14:54:51 UTC
General tip: often when the article title is misleading or reveals too little about the case, submitters will write their own summary of the article in the LJ subject line and then include the actual article title at the beginning of the body of the text, underlined. This is totally acceptable to do.

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crossfire December 17 2013, 17:07:08 UTC
I was gonna say, there is a long tradition of snarky/amusing summary titles in _p. :)

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chaya December 17 2013, 17:08:37 UTC
A proud tradition if I do say so myself

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moonshaz December 18 2013, 02:09:13 UTC
True, and I think I had it in the back of my mind to do something like that but forgot by the time I posted it.

Just fixed that little detail!

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chaya December 18 2013, 02:10:40 UTC
A definite improvement

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