Sister Wives’ Set To Return In May As Family Challenges Utah’s Bigamy Law

Sister Wives’ Set To Return In May As Family Challenges Utah’s Bigamy Law//

Sister Wives is set to return to TLC in May as the Brown family continues to challenge Utah’s law banning bigamy.//
Kody Brown and his four wives from TLC’s Sister Wives filed appeal papers late Monday,//
asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling earlier this month that upheld Utah’s bigamy law //
and actually dismissed a lawsuit filed against the state by the Browns in 2013.//
The Brown family says Utah’s bigamy law violates their constitutional rights. //
After Sister Wives first aired on TLC in 2010, the Brown family came under investigation by the state of Utah//
and the Lehi, Utah, police for possible bigamy violations. Kody Brown and his four “sister” wives //
responded to the investigation by filing a lawsuit in 2013 against Utah, challenging the state’s bigamy law//
that altogether bans having multiple wives. At the time, U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups sided with the Brown family//
and struck down several key components of Utah’s bigamy law. However, the state of Utah went on to appeal Judge Waddoups’ decision,//
and filed an appeal to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado, which then went on to uphold Utah’s law banning bigamy.//
The 10th Circuit Court also threw out the Brown’s case against the state of Utah. A panel of three judges dismissed//
the Brown’s lawsuit earlier this month in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, saying the Browns don’t face prosecution//
because Kody Brown is legally married to only one woman. The court said the Brown family can’t challenge Utah’s bigamy law//
because they were never facing criminal charges under it. Kody Brown is legally married to only one of his four “sister” wives, //
and has previously admitted that he’s only “spiritually” married to the other three.//
But the Brown’s lawyer, Jonathan Turley, is asking the court to reconsider the Brown’s lawsuit,//
because the court system in Utah still considers their lifestyle a crime. The Browns want an entire of panel of 12 judges to hear their case.//
Turley said the Sister Wives family would constantly face a threat of prosecution in Utah. In fact,//
the Browns say that Utah’s law banning bigamy still hangs over them when they visit the state.//
Fox 13 out of Salt Lake City, Utah, reports that late on Monday, the Browns filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals, //
asking the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver to review the decision to uphold Utah’s law that bans bigamy. //
The appeal asks for a new panel of 12 judges to review the decision handed down by the panel of three judges.//
According to the Browns, their family can still be targeted and prosecuted for years as a felony under the Utah law, //
even though they are all adults with a consensual, private relationship.//
Some critics agree that polygamy is not a lifestyle most people would choose,//
but states should not tell consenting adults how to live. Others argue that if gay marriage is alright, then why not polygamy?//
Supporters of Sister Wives and the Browns say there are no victims in this case, and the kids are all loved and provided for.//
Since all states allow same-sex marriage licenses, Brown family supporters also say//
that states should allow polygamy marriage licenses. Others believe that states should stay out of all marriages //
and stop regulating, saying it’s ridiculous what is and isn’t allowed.//
The Brown family actually ran from the state of Utah after Sister Wives aired in 2010. In 2011//
Kody Brown and his four wives moved from Lehi, Utah,//
where Sister Wives started, to Las Vegas, Nevada, to avoid polygamy prosecution.//

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