From theĀ VancouverĀ Sun:
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is calling for Canada's polygamy law that bans multiple marriages to be found unconstitutional and "relegated to the scrap heap of history."
In written submissions filed Thursday, the association urged B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Bauman to find that the law offends fundamental freedoms.
The parties in favour of upholding the law have argued that there are numerous social harms associated with polygamy.
The association says that while harms can occur in plural relationships, there is no evidence that there are harms specific to polygamy.
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