Yet there are an estimated 200, 000 people, including children, living in 16, 000-20, 000 polygamous families in France.

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Its plain language encompasses both pre-existing and later-created same-sex (and polygamous) marriages, whether performed in California or elsewhere.

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It also raises the issue of whether courts must recognize polygamous marriages, which are legal in dozens of nations worldwide.

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If others named by the writer have indeed chosen to be polygamous, I would have thought this is entirely their business and no one else's.

CNN: A New Flag

Twice, Mr. Belmokhtar married local women, in accordance with polygamous practices.

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They classified the marriages in question as either monogamous or polygamous.

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Noshaba Huseein says that if the government refuses to accept the legality of polygamous marriages then the Muslim parliament will take it to the European court of human rights.

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She dispenses justice and knowledge directly, whether pepper-spraying a woman who accosts and insults her or advising a pal who has married a polygamous man to demand that he use a condom.

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