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January 2014

January 21, 2014

Are the Sister Wives Mormon?

Absolutely. While they are not "mainstream" Mormons, as the Brown family refers to members of...

January 17, 2014

Sister Wives: Trading Anonymity for Tolerance

While many mainstream Mormons are uncomfortable being associated with polygamy and polygamists, the Browns of...

January 09, 2014

How does a Polygamous Family File Their Tax Returns? #sisterwives

Well, they don't. At least, not as a polygamous family. This morning, Kody, Meri, Janelle,...

January 08, 2014

What Would You Ask The #SisterWives Family?

I will be interviewing Janelle, Christine, Meri, Robyn, and Kody later this week. I have...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

TLC Picks Up “My Five Wives” as a Series

I just received word from Shannon Martin, a senior director of publicity with TLC, that...

December 17, 2013

Progressive Polygamist: Polygamists Need to Change Their Ways

Brady Williams, a progressive philosophy student and practicing polygamist whose family was featured on TLC's...

December 16, 2013

LDS Church Releases New Statement on Polygamy

In the wake of the polygamy ruling by the U.S. District Court for Utah, and...

December 15, 2013

A Look at the Sister Wives Ruling with an Attorney for the Browns.

In his office, Adam Alba has a picture of early Mormon Apostle George Q. Cannon...

December 14, 2013

Polygamy Researcher Responds to Sister Wives Ruling

In response to an inquiry from Approaching Justice, author and polygamy researcher Brian C. Hales...

December 13, 2013

Nate Oman on Reynolds, Polygamy, and Mormonism

Yesterday, the Federal District Court for Utah ruled that Utah polygamy laws violated the free...

December 13, 2013

Breaking: Judge Rules Utah’s Anti-Polygamy Law Unconstitutional in Sister Wives Case (With Updates)

Federal District Court Judge Clark Waddoup ruled today that Utah's anti-polygamy laws violate the free...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Have You Seen “My Five Wives” on TLC?

TLC recently aired a pilot for a new reality show about a polygamous family in...