Cert. Petition Filed In Polygamy Case

A petition of certiorari has been filed seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of the Utah Supreme Court's decision in State of Utah v. Holm. (See prior posting.) Today's Salt Lake Tribune reports that the petition asks the high court to review the constitutionality of polygamy laws, arguing that the right to privacy precludes states regulating intimate relationships that occur outside of marriage. Rodney Holm is a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that considers taking multiple wives to be a religious obligation. Utah's polygamy law permits prosecution of person like Holm who do not enter multiple legal marriages, but merely take additional wives in religious ceremonies.