{"id":93172,"date":"2020-05-12T17:26:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T21:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=93172"},"modified":"2020-05-25T11:30:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T15:30:14","slug":"nyt-utah-lowers-penalty-for-polygamy-no-longer-a-felony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=93172","title":{"rendered":"(NYT) Utah Lowers Penalty for Polygamy, No Longer a Felony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">A new law that took effect in Utah this week has lowered the punishment for polygamy in some cases, making it an infraction similar to a traffic summons instead of a felony punishable by a prison term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">Under Senate Bill 102, which was <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/xcode\/title76\/chapter7\/76-7-s101.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed into law<\/a> by Gov. Gary R. Herbert in March and went into effect on Tuesday, a married person can now take additional spouses at the same time and not be subjected to felony charges, as long as the new spouse entered into the union voluntarily.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">But a polygamous marriage is still a felony if it was made by threats, fraud or force or involves abuse. Second-degree felonies can carry prison terms of up to 15 years. Barring other factors, polygamy is now an infraction, which can draw fines of up to $750 and community service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-158dogj evys1bk0\">When it was passed by the State Legislature in February, <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/~2020\/bills\/static\/SB0102.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the bill<\/a> exposed the debate over multiple marriages in Utah, which is believed to be the state with the highest population of polygamists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/13\/us\/utah-bigamy-law.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wow there is so much I am unaware of.<\/p>\n<p>Utah Lowers Penalty for Polygamy, No Longer a Felony <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O4BhBegyZo\">https:\/\/t.co\/O4BhBegyZo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Savi&#x1f333; (@SavitriGrover) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SavitriGrover\/status\/1260767963193507840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new law that took effect in Utah this week has lowered the punishment for polygamy in some cases, making it an infraction similar to a traffic summons instead of a felony punishable by a prison term. Under Senate Bill<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=93172\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168,114,98,112,619],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-law-legal-issues","category-marriage-family","category-sexuality","category-state-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93172"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93175,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93172\/revisions\/93175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}