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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I am not a lawyer but I will attempt to answer your question based on what I have read. Disclaimer, I believe that it is unconstitutional to ban polygamy. 
Ok here goes. [b]It is illegal to be legally married to one person and at the same time call another person your spouse.[/b] Even if the second marriage is not on the books. The laws actually don't ban extramarital affairs. It is just illegal when you call another person your spouse if you are legally married to one person. BTW I'm not sure if you do not legally marry anyone but call two people your spouse, you are breaking the law. Also in some places, cohabitation with another person who you are having a relationship with is illegal.  
It seems that when you say that you have a second spouse, and you are doing so for religious reasons, you are breaking the law. 
Few people have been prosecuted for this though. In the last 40 years, only a handful have been prosecuted. 
The is also a ban on legal marriages to more than one person. [/quote]
I'm pretty sure it would only be illegal if you present that person as your spouse to the government or authorities.  If you introduce someone to your friend as your wife and she actually isn't, I doubt that would be a crime. [/quote]

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