beebeechan

唔係我, 係"不过今年2月时，美国犹他州参议院通过了一项法案，同意一夫多妻制在自愿的成年人中除罪化"

我賀下國際友人, 在此情绪低谷, 一齊高興下啫


沙文 發表於 2020/4/4 02:21

你唔好開心得過早喎，　開咗香檳都塞番埋個塞先哩。。。
只係猶他州參議院通過唶，　未有眾議院應承，　
更未有聯邦議院都悒頭啵。

即係羅莎蓮叫你入房除個罩俾你睇睇真面目，
你唔好以為一定有得少。

沙文

美國有聯邦議院咩? 喺您屋企開会咖

beebeechan

美國有聯邦議院咩? 喺您屋企開会咖
沙文 發表於 2020/4/4 10:38

當聯邦法例與州法例有衝突時，
你估邊條法大坎啲呢？

沙文

梗係尊重宗教個條啦

沙文

州長都簽L咗Lu, 原來, 非刑事係根本冇違憲嘅, 本身已成州法例, 所以不存在什麽「州法例衝突」

Polygamy is essentially decriminalized in Utah under a bill signed into law   3:41 PM, Mar 29, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY — Polygamy has essentially been decriminalized under a bill signed into law by Utah's governor.

On Saturday, the governor signed Senate Bill 102 into law. It reduces the crime of bigamy among consenting adults to an infraction -- on par with a traffic ticket. However, bigamy in concert with other crimes like abuse, fraud or child-bride marriages, becomes a felony.

The bill faced a lot of controversy on Utah's Capitol Hill, yet won overwhelming support among lawmakers. Utah was forced to abandon the practice of polygamy as a condition of statehood. Yet, it remains practiced today. Pro-polygamy groups estimate as many as 30,000 to 40,000 people in the state subscribe to Mormon fundamentalism, the belief system that includes plural marriage.

Polygamy remains a hot topic in Utah with many of the state's fundamentalist groups facing scrutiny for abusive practices. Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs is serving a life sentence for crimes related to child-bride marriages.

Reality TV polygamist Kody Brown and his wives sued Utah after they came under investigation for plural marriage. A federal judge in 2012 decriminalized bigamy among consenting adults for a brief time, then a federal appeals court overturned it. The Utah State Legislature then "re-criminalized" polygamy in 2017.

Sen. Deidre Henderson, R-Spanish Fork, argued that to help people feel free to report abuses within the closed polygamous societies, they ought to reduce the penalty for bigamy among consenting adults. The bill was debated among current and former members of the polygamous groups who questioned if the change in approach would work.

Polygamists lobbied for the bill with legislators, who largely said they believed integrating plural families into society would lead to positive changes. Anti-polygamy activists have said the bill will not change, and fear it will embolden leaders to perpetuate abuses.

"The challenge now remains to educate people about the change and for plural families to responsibly demonstrate this freedom to lead out vigorously in protecting the innocent," polygamist Joe Darger, who lives in Herriman with his three wives, said in a text message to FOX 13. " It is also time to educate the public that if there was ever a time for Utahns to come together and put aside our differences and prejudices it is now."

Governor Gary Herbert's office did not immediately have a statement on the bill, altough he has previously expressed some support for a change in approach to how Utah handles polygamy. SB102 does not legalize polygamy, so it does not violate Utah's constitutional prohibition on it.

https://www.fox13now.com/news/lo ... ill-signed-into-law