I'm just so excited," Robyn, 42, says in a confessional, as Kody, 52, adds, "This is news we've hoped to actually give our kids for 10 years or more. Sitting down with her children, Robyn explains that the new law makes "plural marriage an infraction, which is like, equal to a traffic ticket, which is basically and essentially decriminalizing plural marriage. Historically, "for about 50 years after the Mormon pioneers came to Salt Lake in about , they practiced polygamy — it was part of the religion, it was just a thing that was done.
It wasn't weird," says Janelle, But more than 40 years later, in "about , they decided they wanted to try for statehood, so in order to do that they had to outlaw polygamy and it's been illegal ever since," she continues. Meri — who was raised in a plural family — says she views polygamy as "basic human rights, civil rights.
Flynn Carey , an attorney at Mitchell, Stein, Carey, Chapman in Phoenix, Arizona, tells us that the family could be keyword being could charged with bigamy being legally married to two different people and possibly "marrying the spouse of another," both which are class 5 felonies. Carey thinks that while the Browns "certainly could be charged" if a prosecutor felt there was evidence, convicting the Browns wouldn't be cut-and-dry. Carey notes that there are various arguments to be made on both sides, in terms of how the state views its definition of child bigamy, the fact that the Sister Wives marriages spiritual or otherwise were formed in another state, and the co-habitation aspect of the law.
What definitely doesn't help the Browns, however, is the fact that they are documenting their experiences on TV. Basically, it is possible, depending on the prosecutor, for the Browns to face legal troubles in Arizona. However, there are strong arguments on both sides. But these are all things Kody and his family know. About eight years ago, cameras caught the moment the family fled Utah for Nevada over fears of being arrested for their living situation. And in , he spiritually married Robyn.
However, after he and Meri were legally divorced in , Kody legally married Robyn so that he could adopt her children. The Brown family found the loophole — though they behave like a Polygamist family, Kody is only truly married to one of them.
Kody purchased a massive plot of land and is hoping to convince his wives to build one big house for the family to live in. But a preview of the new season shows the police being called to the Brown home. The vulgarity of you with two husbands or another lover sickens me. While Kody Brown partakes in sex with all four of his wives, the women are only permitted to engage in sex with one man: their husband.
According to their family's church, sex should only occur between a married man and woman. That's why Brown did not engage in sexual relationships with his fourth wife, Robyn, prior to their wedding - though he did slip up a bit, according to wife Christine :.
I found out that Kody sealed the engagement with a kiss, and I freaked. We didn't kiss until over the altar So, to me, the fact that he had kissed Robyn was devastating. The Brown children only call their biological mothers "Mom"; they refer to the other wives by their first names. However, all the sister wives treat Kody Brown's children and stepchildren as their own.
This doesn't mean all the wives have to enforce the exact same rules. The sister wives are in charge of their own separate houses, and preferences regarding behavior vary accordingly. For example, Meri has a strict rule against roughhousing. But bigger issues are decided upon together.
All the mothers agree, for instance, that children must respect their parents and practice good manners. If a child behaves in a way that is deemed impolite, the sister wives are required to punish the child with a good scolding. Kody Brown is only allowed one wife in the eyes of the law. This means only one wife is technically allowed to make certain decisions for him.
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