After more than 3 months of hearings and 6 months of deliberation, BC Supreme Court Justice Robert Bauman has delivered his final decision. In his opinion, Canada's 1890 anti-poligamy law has withstood the constitutional challenge and it is a criminal offense to have a committed relationship with more than one person at a time in Canada. The only exception seems to be for teenage girls who marry older men. In this case, only the man is a criminal.
The objections the Canadian Polyamory Association have been over-ruled, indicating that polygamy poses so much harm to the rest of society that it can not be tolerated.
It is a very lengthy document and I have not had time to read it.
Here is the official link - What do you think about it?
2011 BCSC 1588 Reference re: Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
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