Read more polygamy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3240/polygamy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:50:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73432/polygamist-sect-member-guilty-of-sex-assault.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJurors in the first criminal trial following the raid of a polygamist group's Texas ranch today convicted a member of sexual assault of a child. Raymond Jessop, 38, was found guilty of the charge that stemmed from his alleged marriage to an underage girl. He's the first group member to...http://www.newser.com/story/73432/polygamist-sect-member-guilty-of-sex-assault.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 19:14:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67424/king-sends-wives-on-spree-while-africans-starve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSwaziland King Mswati III sent several of his 13 wives on a multi-million-dollar shopping spree in the Mideast and Europe while two-thirds of his subjects continue to suffer in abject poverty, reports the Times of London. The move has triggered sharp criticism in Britain, which provides the impoverished nation with...http://www.newser.com/story/67424/king-sends-wives-on-spree-while-africans-starve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 2:12:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66086/jail-force-feeds-ailing-sect-leader-jeffs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWarren Jeffs began eating of his own accord again today, after being force-fed all weekend by medical staff at the Arizona jail where the polygamist leader is being held, the Salt Lake City Tribune reports. A series of self-imposed fasts have left Jeffs, 53, in such poor health that “death...http://www.newser.com/story/66086/jail-force-feeds-ailing-sect-leader-jeffs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 13:42:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62602/ex-flds-member-wants-hard-time-for-polygamists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer FLDS member Flora Jessop is “hoping against hope” that the men charged with child abuse at the polygamist compound in Eldorado get harder time than those convicted in similar crimes elsewhere, she told the Houston Chronicle. “Thirteen days, 45 days, nine months,” says Jessop, rattling off sentences handed down...http://www.newser.com/story/62602/ex-flds-member-wants-hard-time-for-polygamists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 13:02:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58590/polygamy-sect-struggling-for-funds-to-battle-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMembers of a cash-strapped Texas polygamous sect plan to argue this week that key evidence against them should be thrown out because it was illegally obtained, the Wall Street Journal reports. Authorities say the diaries, photos, and documents they seized prove that underage marriages took place on the FLDS ranch,...http://www.newser.com/story/58590/polygamy-sect-struggling-for-funds-to-battle-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 11 May 2009 3:23:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58399/all-3-wives-to-join-zuma-at-inauguration.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth Africa's polygamous president-elect has confounded media speculation by inviting all three of his wives to his inauguration tomorrow, the BBC reports. Many had hoped the event would signal which wife would become the official first lady. Jacob Zuma has also invited his 19 children. It's uncertain whether all three...http://www.newser.com/story/58399/all-3-wives-to-join-zuma-at-inauguration.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 4:43:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57627/south-africa-asks-who-will-be-first-lady.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a few days Jacob Zuma will become president of South Africa—but who will become the country's first lady is less certain. The African National Congress leader, who has two wives and a fiancée, will be the first avowed polygamist to serve as the country's head of state. Yet...http://www.newser.com/story/57627/south-africa-asks-who-will-be-first-lady.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 7:19:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54087/polygamists-push-to-legalize-marriages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs many as 40,000 people live in polygamous families in Utah and parents are stepping up efforts to make plural marriages legal, reports the BBC. The lobbying organization Principle Voices is pressing for state law changes. Authorities rarely crack down on polygamous families unless they're linked to child brides...http://www.newser.com/story/54087/polygamists-push-to-legalize-marriages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 3:58:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52965/big-love-temple-scene-riles-mormons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHBO will air an episode of the polygamy drama Big Love depicting a sacred Mormon ceremony despite strong objections from the church, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The network apologized to Mormons likely to be offended, while the series' creators defended the temple scene, saying it's depicted with reverence, and...http://www.newser.com/story/52965/big-love-temple-scene-riles-mormons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Mar 2009 2:46:00 CDT