Sister Wives

[YNKYH8R]

Jamie and I caught this last night anyone else?

We liked it.

Very interesting.

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[cabby92]

It gave a more normal face to polygamy. They seem like nice people, not freaks.

[Taterbo]

You know they all seem to have very valid points to their life style..Maybe for some it is not such a bad idea...They all seem to have the best of their own each's little world within the same household. Those that want to work--do so..those that want to stay home and nurture the children do...They seem okay with the sharing of the man of the household... If anything he seems to be the scatter brain on the show..the women all have their place are comfortable with it...
I do wonder how bringing in a 4th sister wife will effect the balance of the household..The children seemed to some interesting points and concerns...I will continue to watch ..

[dv8grl]

Utah police investigate plural family for bigamy
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SALT LAKE CITY – A bigamy investigation has been launched into a polygamous family starring in a reality television show, police said Tuesday.

Lehi police Lt. Darren Paul has said the probe was triggered by the reality television show "Sister Wives," which features 41-year-old advertising salesman Kody Brown and his four wives, 13 children and three stepchildren. The TLC program premiered Sunday.

Brown is only legally married to Meri but also calls three other women his spouses: Janelle, Christine and Robyn. The three stepchildren are from Robyn's previous relationship.

Christine Brown declined to comment Tuesday, although the family issued a statement through TLC that it was disappointed.

"...When we decided to do this show, we knew there would be risks," the family said. "But for the sake of our family, and most importantly, our kids, we felt it was a risk worth taking."

The Browns have said they hoped that the reality show's peek into their lives would help broaden the public's understanding of plural families.

Across Utah and parts of the western U.S., polygamy is a legacy of the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Members brought the practice to Utah in 1847, but the Mormon church disavowed plural marriage in 1890 as part of a push for Utah's statehood.

The modern Mormon church excommunicates members found engaged in the practice, though an estimated 38,000 self-described fundamentalist Mormons continue to believe and/or practice polygamy, believing it brings exaltation in heaven.

Although it is rarely prosecuted, bigamy is a third-degree felony in Utah, punishable by a prison term of up to five years. Under the law, a person can be found guilty of bigamy through cohabitation, not just legal marriage contracts.

Lehi police said the evidence gathered from the probe will be turned over to the Utah County attorney's office for possible prosecution. A telephone message left for Paul was not immediately returned Tuesday.

Utah last prosecuted a polygamist for bigamy in 2001. Tom Green, who was married to five women and drew the attention of Utah authorities after promoting his lifestyle on national TV talk shows, was convicted on bigamy, criminal nonsupport and child rape charges. He spent six years in prison and was released in 2007.

Most polygamists do not belong to organized churches, although a polygamy advocacy group has identified 11 distinct communities ranging in size from about 150 to 10,000.

The Utah attorney general's office has investigated the state's secretive polygamous communities, but focused its efforts on cases involving allegations of abuse, sexual assault and fraud, not bigamy.

"It has been our office's position not to pursue cases of bigamy between consenting adults," the attorney general's spokesman, Scott Troxel, said Tuesday. "We want to use our resources wisely."

Over the past 10 years, Utah's historically insular polygamist community has worked to educate the public and state agencies about its culture. State agencies now better understand the unique aspects of polygamous culture and plural families are less hesitant to seek help when needed, Principle Voices co-founder Anne Wilde said.

The Brown family's decision to do a reality TV show was sort an extension of that education work, said Wilde, who knows the family well. Now she fears an investigation will cast a pall over any progress and instill fear in plural families.

"If it really goes to a court situation, then our people are going to go right back into isolation," she said


How many of these "plural families" contain one woman with multiple men?

[gmyers]

None. The men wouldn't stand for that I bet. I'd like to see a woman with multiple husbands and see the reaction of the church's that condone polygamy. I bet the ship would hit the sand if they did that.

[janelle]

Well historically people was concerned who the father was. If you have one man and several women you know who the father is. If you have one woman and several men you had to guess who the father was.

We now have DNA now but I don't know how good it is when you have 2 brothers with one woman.

[YNKYH8R]

Well historically people was concerned who the father was. If you have one man and several women you know who the father is. If you have one woman and several men you had to guess who the father was.

We now have DNA now but I don't know how good it is when you have 2 brothers with one woman.

I don't know if this happens. In the two shows Jamie and I watch, this one and 'Big Love'. The husbands are not married to sisters.

[cathych]

I don't know about anyone else, but I would not stand for my dh to go and get in another womans bed every night.

[justme23]

Well that's why we're not fundamentalist mormons (a distinction from the Mormon church as a whole). I absolutely love Big Love and I guess I went in to this show half way expecting a bit of that. Other than the 4 of them being married to each other, there were no other similarities as far as I was concerned. I'm saddened to hear they're being investigated but I guess that was a risk they took when coming out to the public. You know though, my true feelings are this... if they're all happy w/ their situation and their kids are well adjusted and happy and their state isn't paying for them... then I really just do not care one little bit how they choose to live. It would be different if he was forcing underage children to be his wives or forcing his children in to plural marriage... but clearly that's not the case and so I wish Utah would just leave them alone.

[speedygirl]

We now have DNA now but I don't know how good it is when you have 2 brothers with one woman.

Siblings do not have the same exact DNA profile. Their mitochondrial DNA (from the mom) is the same. The rest is not. Identical twins are the only ones in a family that would have the same DNA.

[janelle]

The first wife is now having jealous issues with the new wife??? Why hasn't this come up before and she was the one who introduced them. Looks like she needs to suck it up. Geesh.