Thursday, October 05, 2006

Polygamy view blasted
UPDATED: 2006-10-05
Report slams Canada for allowing multi-wife marriages to flourish
By
KATHLEEN HARRIS, OTTAWA BUREAU

OTTAWA -- Canada is violating international human-rights law by allowing polygamous relationships to thrive and could face a global rebuke for failing to act, a new report commissioned by Justice Canada has concluded.

The $20,000 study by University of Toronto law professor Rebecca Cook, ob-tained by Sun Media, finds there are no justifications on religious, cultural or family grounds for polygamy under international law that prohibits discrimination against women.

Canada's Criminal Code prohibits polygamy, yet multi-wife marriages and polygamous communities such as Bountiful, B.C., have openly flourished without criminal prosecution.
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