| Accept Polygamy as an African Tradition, WCC Told: ENI - The general secretary of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Densen Mafinyani, has urged the World Council of Churches to stop quibbling over whether an African church which tolerates polygamy should be accepted as a WCC member. |
| African Woman Leads Crusade Against Polygamy: Reproduced from the New York Times. Tells of an effort to end this traditional rural practice in Ivory Coast, where the economics of hardscrabble farming have long encouraged men to take more than one wife. |
| Bustup in Bountiful: CBC News takes look at a secretive and secluded polygamous community in British Columbia. Includes an exclusive interview with the community's leader, Winston Blackmore. |
| Court Battle Over Polygamy Coming?: The Trumpet Herald - In June, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision decriminalized sodomy. "Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is asking his nationwide audience to pray that God will remove three judges from the United States' highest court so conservatives can replace them." |
| For Zimbabwean Father, 86 is Not Enough: CNN - Although polygamy has been accepted for centuries in Africa, many in Zimbabwe feel the practice is in direct conflict with the modern-day values now practiced in much of the country. |
| Gambian freeze on polygamy: BBC NEWS - President Jammeh provokes ire among Muslim traditionalists with a three-year ban on polygamous marriages. |
| Jesus Loves Polygamy, This I Know: Las Vegas Weekly - Christians use Internet as polygamy tool. |
| Marriage Issues Send my Daughter Wrong Message: USA Today, William Mattox Jr. - As the parents of a teenage daughter who hopes to get married someday, my wife and I not only have a stake in what our daughter is taught about marriage, we have a stake in what other people's sons are taught as well. |
| National Post: Legalize Polygamy: Study: A study by three law professors, commissioned by the federal government of Canada, recommends decriminalization of polygamy in Canada. Opposing views presented as well. |
| Polygamists see open door for acceptance: WorldNetDaily - Multiple-wives crowd hopes to capitalize on sodomy decision. "Polygamy is the next civil-rights battle." |
| Polygamy and Profit: Denver Rocky Mountain - Utah clan builds riches in Colorado, elsewhere, while growing bigger through intermarriage. |
| Polygamy Issue Resolved: Announcement that the question of polygamy and clergy in the Celestial Church of Christ was resolved, and the denomination would be recommended for full World Council of Churches membership. |
| Polygamy Not Justified Now: Muslimedia - The verses in the Qur'an concerning polygamy refer primarily to the economic perspective of marriage in Islam. |
| Polygamy or Abuse? Utah Case Stirs Controversy: CNN - A court case involving a young girl refusing to stay in a polygamous relationship has stirred public debate and controversy in Utah over the issues of sex, polygamy and child abuse. |
| Polygamy Prosecution: State Considers Role: Standard Front Page - The issue is whether polygamy cases should be dealt with on a state level, rather than on a county level. |
| Polygamy, African Christians and the Anglican Communion: In parts of Africa, the central missionary question is polygamy. The Bible is of course quite clear on the subject. Polygamy is fine in the Old Testament; and even in the New, it is only bishops who are required to be 'the husband of one wife. |
| Polygamy, the Natural Law and St. Thomas: The University Concourse - In her lead article last issue Kathleen van Schaijik cites others as citing "adult students" at a theological institute as citing St. Thomas as writing that polygamy is permissible according to the natural law, because one man can inseminate many women. |
| Russia Says No to Polygamy: BBC News - A decree by the leader of a small Muslim region in Russia allowing men to have up to four wives has been dismissed as unconstitutional by the justice minister. |
| SC issues notice to SG on Muslim woman's plea against polygamy: PTI - The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the solicitor general of India on a petition filed by Julekhabi, a divorced Muslim woman, seeking a ban on polygamy prevalent in the community. |
| So Far From Home: Essence - In this column, which takes an intimate look at diverse cultures, the author travels to Paris to talk with a Senegalese woman about the unique difficulties of practicing polygamy in a cramped city apartment |
| Sudan Pushes Polygamy: BBC - President Bashir urges Sudanese men to take more than one wife to increase the population and promote the country's development. |
| The Federal Marriage Amendment: Now is the Time for Action: Southern Baptist editorial supports amending the US Constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. |
| Two Homes, Two Families, Two Wives: Christian Science Monitor - Thawabta and about 20 percent of the men in his village, according to local estimates, maintain that the Koran provides the framework for polygamy. |
| Uganda's Parliament to Re-Examine Polygamy: CNN - Sissie Nanyomba and Benna Nakato married the same man in the same month of the same year. |
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