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[quote=FruminousBandersnatch]The judge's opinion is available at https://ecf.utd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?211cv0652-78. The analysis of the case that supported the law banning polygamy is very interesting and revealing. Essentially, the Court at the time found that polygamy was primarily a practice among non-Western (i.e., non-Christian) cultures, and, therefore - [quote]In other words, the social harm was introducing a practice perceived to be characteristic of non-European people—or non-white races—into white American society.28 “The organization of a community for the spread and practice of polygamy is, in a measure, a return to barbarism. It is contrary to the spirit of Christianity and of the civilization which Christianity has produced in the Western world.” Late Corp., 136 U.S. at 49.[/quote] Like the modern cases regarding gay marriage, there wasn't actually an articulable harm to society from allowing polygamy. [/quote]
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