Utah Polygamy Legislation Dead
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(SALT LAKE CITY, UT) – Utah lawmakers are abandoning a bill that would amend the state’s anti-polygamy laws. The measure would strike cohabitation as a form of bigamy. Current laws make it illegal for polygamous couples to cohabitate, but those rules were deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge in December. The Utah attorney
general’s office is appealing the decision, and legislators felt that amending the laws now would interfere with the state’s case in federal court.