Federal Judge in Utah: State Law Discriminates Against Religious Cohabitation

Written by Don Byrd
A lawsuit brought by the star of the reality television show, “Sister Wives,” challenging Utah’s anti-bigamy received a surprising victory Friday. A federal judge in Utah struck down as unconstitutional a provision in the law that prohibits cohabitation with another person while married. That portion of the state’s anti-bigamy statute, Judge Clark Waddoups said, is being improperly applied to target religious cohabitants in violation of the Free Exercise clause of the US Constitution.