[soc just, curr ev, race] P.S. Federal Judge Strikes Down Anti-Polygamy Law Because Racism
Guys! Guysguysguys! *madflailing* Anti-racism activists need to check out the Waddoups decision decriminalizing polygamy, pp 11-21: ( But what exactly was the “social harm” identified by the Reynolds Court in the Mormon practice of polygamy that made the practice “subversive of good order”? “Polygamy has always been odious among the northern and western nations of Europe, and, until the establishment of the Mormon Church, was almost exclusively a feature of the life of Asiatic and of African people.” Reynolds, 98 U.S. at 164. (click through to read whole passage) )
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