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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.
http://www.eni.ch/assembly/0580.html
African Woman Leads Crusade Against Polygamy 
Reproduced from the New York Times. Tells of an effort to end this traditional rural practice in Ivory Coast, where the economics of hardscrabble farming have long encouraged men to take more than one wife.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/34/015.html
Bustup in Bountiful 
CBC News takes look at a secretive and secluded polygamous community in British Columbia. Includes an exclusive interview with the community's leader, Winston Blackmore.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/bustupinbountiful/
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 co
http://www.projectrestore.com/trumpet/tpt2003_08.htm
Gambian freeze on polygamy 
BBC NEWS - President Jammeh provokes ire among Muslim traditionalists with a three-year ban on polygamous marriages.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3088315.stm
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.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2001-08-21-ncguest1.htm
National Post: Legalize Polygamy: Study 
A study by three law professors, commissioned by the federal government of Canada, recommends decriminalization of polygamy in Canada. Opposing views presented as well.
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=8451dc17-5b5f-4ea4-a05f-71f7c758662a&k=52900
Polygamists see open door for acceptance 
WorldNetDaily - Multiple-wives crowd hopes to capitalize on sodomy decision. "Polygamy is the next civil-rights battle."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33409
Polygamy Issue Resolved 
Announcement that the question of polygamy and clergy in the Celestial Church of Christ was resolved, and the denomination would be recommended for full World Council of Churches membership.
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/assembly/ejubilee/7-piece5.htm
Polygamy Not Justified Now 
Muslimedia - The verses in the Qur'an concerning polygamy refer primarily to the economic perspective of marriage in Islam.
http://www.muslimedia.com/archives/features98/polygamy.htm
Polygamy and Profit 
Denver Rocky Mountain - Utah clan builds riches in Colorado, elsewhere, while growing bigger through intermarriage.
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy29.html
Polygamy, African Christians and the Anglican Communion 
In parts of Africa, the central missionary question is polygamy. The Bible is of course quite clear on the subject. Polygamy is fine in the Old Testament; and even in the New, it is only bishops who are required to be 'the husband of one wife.
http://www.loper.org/~george/trends/1998/Jul/91.html
Polygamy, the Natural Law and St. Thomas 
The University Concourse - In her lead article last issue Kathleen van Schaijik cites others as citing "adult students" at a theological institute as citing St. Thomas as writing that polygamy is permissible according to the natural law, because
http://www.theuniversityconcourse.com/II,2,10-2-1996/Waldstein.htm
Russia Says No to Polygamy 
BBC News - A decree by the leader of a small Muslim region in Russia allowing men to have up to four wives has been dismissed as unconstitutional by the justice minister.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/400351.stm
So Far From Home 
Essence - In this column, which takes an intimate look at diverse cultures, the author travels to Paris to talk with a Senegalese woman about the unique difficulties of practicing polygamy in a cramped city apartment
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1264/n5_v29/21019961/p1/article.jhtml
Sudan Pushes Polygamy 
BBC - President Bashir urges Sudanese men to take more than one wife to increase the population and promote the country's development.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1493309.stm
Two Homes, Two Families, Two Wives 
Christian Science Monitor - Thawabta and about 20 percent of the men in his village, according to local estimates, maintain that the Koran provides the framework for polygamy.
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/08/10/fp12s1-csm.shtml
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