 | | | FEATURED STORIES | | | | | | -- SHARE YOUR LOVE -- | | | | Do you have something fun and romance related to share with our visitors? Whether it's an romantic story, first date news, love advice or a great joke! Click here. | | | | VOTED MOST POPULAR | | | |  | | BBW Datefinder |  | | Country Match |  | | Date.com |  | | Model Connections |  | | Absolute Agency | | | | | | Categories: |
| | Links: | Pages: 1 2 3 [>>]
|
- A Marriage Counterculture
Christianity Today - When I was a missionary in India, the most complex problem was polygamy-what to do with a man who sought baptism but had more than one wife.
- Accept Polygamy as an African Tradition, WCC Told
ENI - The general secretary of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Densen Mafinyani, has urged the World Council of Churches to stop quibbling over whether an African church which tolerates polygamy should be accepted as a WCC member.
- ACLU of Utah to Join Polygamists in Bigamy Fight
ACLU Newswire - In hopes of vanquishing what they consider a 64-year-old injustice, a small but vocal group of polygamous wives and their supporters demonstrated in front of The Salt Lake Tribune, the paper reported today.
- African Polygamous Life In A Western Context
A French woman, Claudette Bodin, is a secretary general of Afrique Partenaire, an association which assists African immigrant polygamous families in France.(Panafrican News Agency)
- African Woman Leads Crusade Against Polygamy
New York Times - Although she scarcely tolerates it, her problem is not so much the traditional rural practice, which is widespread throughout this region, where the economics of hardscrabble farming have long encouraged men to take more than one wife.
- Court Battle Over Polygamy Coming?
The Trumpet Herald - In June, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision decriminalized sodomy. "Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is asking his nationwide audience to pray that God will remove three judges from the United States' highest court so conservatives can replace them."
- For Zimbabwean Father, 86 is Not Enough
CNN - Although polygamy has been accepted for centuries in Africa, many in Zimbabwe feel the practice is in direct conflict with the modern-day values now practiced in much of the country.
- Gambian freeze on polygamy
BBC NEWS - President Jammeh provokes ire among Muslim traditionalists with a three-year ban on polygamous marriages.
- Islamic Woman Challenges South African Law on Marriages
CNN - South Africa's common law system denies the status of marriage to all polygamous and potentially polygamous unions. And that applies to Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish and indigenous African marriages. Under South African law, these religions are believed to practice polygamy.
- Lobola Polygamy and the Law
Weekly Mail and Guardian - Much of the debate has concentrated on the friction between gender equality and traditions in African customary law, such as polygyny.
- Marriage Issues Send my Daughter Wrong Message
USA Today, William Mattox Jr. - As the parents of a teenage daughter who hopes to get married someday, my wife and I not only have a stake in what our daughter is taught about marriage, we have a stake in what other people's sons are taught as well.
- Panel Discusses Polygamy in Africa
Student Publications Inc. - A description of polygamy in Africa was presented by a panel of speakers Friday evening in an attempt to explain a part of the African culture.
- Polygamists Say Bible is on Their Side
Detroit News - Now Butt lives in Utah with three wives and five children, ministering to nearly 1,000 people around the country who call themselves Christian polygamists.
- Polygamy and Profit
Denver Rocky Mountain - Utah clan builds riches in Colorado, elsewhere, while growing bigger through intermarriage.
- Polygamy Here to Stay, Scholar Says
Deseret News - After being practiced through thousands of years in most of the world's cultures, polygamy is not only here to stay but will likely grow in some communities, according to an Israeli scholar.
| Pages: 1 2 3 [>>]
|
| | | | | | FEATURED REVIEW | | | | | | OUR
SPONSORS | | | | | | SPONSOR
LINKS | | | | | | PIC OF THE DAY | | | | |
