As a Muslim woman, I have personally observed many polygamous unions in the community in which I was raised, but my aim here is not to deny any shortcomings or promote any benefits of this marital ...

A recent Vatican document on marriage revives troubling assumptions about Africa and polygamy. Sr. Leonida Katunge asks: Why ...

In July 2025, Uganda’s courts swiftly dismissed a petition challenging the legality of polygamy, citing the protection of religious and cultural freedom. For most social scientists and policymakers ...

Followers of this column may be tired of reading about polygamy and its non-connection with same-sex marriage. As I've repeated frequently (probably to the point of nuisance), whether polygamy is good ...

The two major categories of relationships that have existed for decades are monogamy and polygamy. The understanding of which one would be better shifts depending on your perspective on culture and ...

If gay marriage is really about legal rights and the government staying out of people’s bedrooms, then why can’t the same idea apply to polygamist unions? That’s what Kody Brown, star of TLC’s Sister ...

Editor’s note: This is the third story in a four-part series diving into the facts behind one fundamentalist Mormon group’s presence, and aftermath of another, the southern Black Hills of South Dakota ...

Janelle Brown views polygamy very differently from Christine Brown and her husband, David Woolley. According to Us Weekly, in ...

Both candidates for the presidency owe their very existence to polygamy (1). President Obama’s father belonged to the polygamous Luo tribe. Mitt Romney’s paternal great grandfathers moved to Mexico to ...

The Browns—the polygamist family at the center of TLC’s reality show “Sister Wives”—found a legal happy ending when a federal judge in Utah struck down portions of the state’s anti-bigamy law. The ...