andrew@tekecs.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) (09/12/83)
There is a polygamy case active in a court in Utah. The judge has
exercised his right to request that the state attorney general present
him with a discussion of the rational for the state law against
polygamy. Unfortunately, the attorney general cannot comply, because
the legislature passed the polygamy law so that Congress would admit
Utah as a state; thus, the question of why the state must be protected
from polygamy was never considered.
The judge subsequently demanded that the federal government explain the
reasoning against polygamy. There the matter hangs.
The question is: what greater good is served by this suppression of
freedom of religion?
I have to side against the Feds on this one. Why should the government
care how many spouses a person has? (Recall that an argument such as
"because the Bible says so" is specifically disallowed.)
-- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew) [UUCP]
(andrew.tektronix@rand-relay) [ARPA]