Federal Judge Strikes Down Ban On Religious Cohabitation In Utah Polygamy Law

BuzzFeed - The ruling does not make polygamy — actually being married to multiple people — legal, but it does end the ban on what U.S. District Court Judge Clark Waddoups referred to as “religious cohabitation.” The case was brought by the Browns, whose story has been shared on TLC’s The Sister Wives show. Meri Brown, Christine Brown, Janelle Brown, Kody Brown and Robyn Sullivan of TLC's The Sister Wives welcome baby Solomon. Courtesy of TLC / Via tlc.com WASHINGTON — A federal judge struck down Utah's criminal ban on cohabitation between a married individual and another person not his or her spouse, a prong in the state's law against polygamy.The Friday ruling did not address legal polygamy — actually being married to multiple people — but only what U.S. District Court Judge Clark Waddoups referred to as "religious cohabitation."The court struck down the provision in the state's bigamy statute that criminalized a married person fr