Re: Utah Polygamist Invokes Ruling on Gay Sex

"Captain Compassion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Utah Polygamist Invokes Ruling on Gay Sex
>
> By MARK THIESSEN
> Associated Press Writer
>
> December 2, 2003, 2:57 AM EST
>
> SALT LAKE CITY -- A lawyer for a Utah man with five wives argued
> Monday that his bigamy convictions should be thrown out following a
> Supreme Court decision decriminalizing gay sex.
>
> The nation's high court in June struck down a Texas sodomy law, ruling
> that what gay men and women do in the privacy of their homes is no
> business of government.
>
> It's no different for polygamists, argued Tom Green's attorney, John
> Bucher, to the Utah Supreme Court.
>
> "It doesn't bother anyone, (and with) no compelling state interest in
> what you do in your own home with consenting adults, you should be
> allowed to do so," Bucher said.

Of course weren't most of his wives about 13 years old when he married them?
Maybe he needs more time in prison.