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[ 02-06-2006 ]
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[ International Relations ]
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[ Canada ]
      [http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2006/05/31/1608364-sun.html

      Polygamy allowed 'limited' status
      By KATHLEEN HARRIS, OTTAWA BUREAU, SUN MEDIA
      May 31, 2006

      Multiple-wife marriages have been legally recognized in Canada to award spousal support and inheritance payments.

      The former Liberal government long maintained that polygamy is criminal in Canada but documents obtained by Sun Media under Access to Information show that polygamous marriages have been recognized "for limited purposes" to enforce the financial obligations of husbands.

      Religious organizations say same-sex marriage opened the door to decriminalizing polygamy, and worry that formal recognitions of plural marriages will weaken the government's ability to defend the anti-polygamy law if it faces a constitutional challenge on religious grounds. A polygamist from Bountiful, British Columbia has warned he will fight for his constitutional right to have plural wives on religious grounds.

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