No Enforcement Planned Against Groups For Polygamy In Utah

With the highly publicized crackdown in recent months on the FLDS (see latest prior posting), the Salt Lake Tribune reports today that other religious groups in Utah that practice polygamy are wary. But apparently the Utah attorney general's office has assured groups that do not practice underage marriage that they will not be prosecuted. The Apostolic United Brethren, based in Salt Lake City, and Arizona's Centennial Park group recommend to their followers that girls be at least 18 before they marry. More problematic is the Kingston group which accepts relationships between half-siblings and first cousins.