Polygamy's legacy in Utah dates back to the 1840s, when members of the Church of Latter Day Saints, as the Mormon church is formally known, first settled in the state. But the practice never ...

SALT LAKE, Utah, March 11. -- To-day, three days before the Legislature comes to a close, the House, by a vote of 25 to 17, and after an exciting debate, passed the Evans Senate bill amending that ...

theocracy in Utah." Congress would refuse the Utah Territory's applications for statehood for four decades, until the church renounced polygamy in 1890. Then the objections were lifted ...

"This change in polygamy law is hard-earned and way overdue as the polygamist community in Utah has been marginalized for over a century. I feel that this is just the first step to destigmatize ...

At the age of 15, Lu Ann Cooper became the fourth wife of her 23-year-old cousin as part of the Kingston polygamous group in Utah. Now, as the president of Hope After Polygamy, Cooper said a bill ...

Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much controversy as polygamy, called plural or celestial ... In addition to blocking the Utah Territory's petitions to join the Union, lawmakers passed ...