Federal Lawsuit Challenges Polygamy Ban

Slippery slope? It’ll never happen, they said…

A federal court lawsuit was filed yesterday challenging Montana’s ban on polygamous marriages. Nathan and Vicki Collier were legally married in 2000. Nathan is now seeking a marriage license to legally marry Christine Parkinson who has also been living as his wife in a polygamous relationship…

[They argue] their consensual plural family association is protected by the equal protection, free exercise, and establishment clause…

At the Religion Clause.

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