Polygamy was outlawed in federal territories by the 1882 Edmunds Act, and there are laws against the practice in all 50 states, as well as the District...

The legal status of polygamy varies widely around the world. Polygamy is legal in 58 out of nearly 200 sovereign states, the vast majority of them being...

the continent's colonization by Europeans. Polygamy became a significant social and political issue in the United States in 1852, when the Church of Jesus...

Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία polygamía, "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married...

The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, with public...

in the vast majority of the United States as a result of state laws rather than federal laws. It is, however, legal in some rural counties within the...

The practice of what is usually called polygamy, enjoys de facto and de jure legality in Kenya. It is to be understood as polygyny, however. Marriage Bill...

The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic...

In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans support access to abortion. Abortion laws...

various laws banned polygamy in the United States and led to the confiscation of LDS Church properties. However, many LDS men are sealed in LDS temples to...

of bigamy if they marry a different person. Polygamy became a significant social and political issue in the United States in 1852, when the Church of...

they were living in polygamy. The Court held that it would not overturn a case based on the legality of challenges to dismissed jurors. The Court held that...

decriminalization of homosexuality and LGBT rights by country or territory) Polygamy (see: legality of polygamy) Prostitution (see: decriminalization of sex work)...

divorcing his first wife). "Polygamy in Gambia". accessgambia.com. Retrieved 7 February 2017. AFROL Gender Profiles: The Gambia, Archived 28 March 2008...

In the United States, freedom of religion is a constitutionally protected right provided in the religion clauses of the First Amendment. As stated in...

Nigeria is part of the "polygamy belt", a region in West Africa and Central Africa where polygamy is common and deeply rooted in the culture. Nigeria...

common in the United States and is a major health issue associated with numerous diseases, specifically an increased risk of certain types of cancer,...

Polygyny (/pəˈlɪdʒɪni/) is a form of polygamy entailing the marriage of a man to several women. The term polygyny is from Neoclassical Greek πολυγυνία...

In the United States, marriage and divorce fall under the jurisdiction of state governments, not the federal government. Although such matters are usually...

or to a fine of a prescribed sum, or to both. United States: Illegal in every state. Up to five years' imprisonment. (see Polygamy in North America.)...

"Canada's polygamy legislation". CBC News. Retrieved 2011-12-05. Dowd, Allan (August 1, 2007). "Canada urged to review legality of polygamy ban". Reuters...

that were performed in other countries. Polygamy is practiced illegally by some groups in the United States and Canada, primarily by certain Mormon fundamentalist...

prophecy, at the jury's discretion; castration for men guilty of rape, polygamy or sodomy, and a minimum half-inch hole bored in the nose cartilage of women...

The twin relics of barbarism refer to the popular nineteenth-century phrase that linked the practices of slavery and polygamy in the United States. Attention...

The criminal law of the United States is a manifold system of laws and practices that connects crimes and consequences. In comparison, civil law addresses...

movements in the United States comprise an interwoven history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer social movements in the United States of America...

The following timeline represents formal legal changes and reforms regarding women's rights in the United States except voting rights. It includes actual...

followed the calling of banns in church or the obtaining of a licence—the only exceptions being Jewish and Quaker marriages, whose legality was also recognised...

settled by members of the FLDS Church who left Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona under increasing scrutiny from the media, anti-polygamy activists and...

was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, thus effectively recriminalizing polygamy as a felony. In 2020, Utah voted...