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Change with time is inevitable. People, institutions, mindsets, culture, society everything changes with time.

Gen-Z, in particular, has proved itself to be more open to concepts that go beyond the socially sanctioned norms.

Our generation is collectively challenging old traditions and social structures. One such socially prescribed structure is for marriage and relationships called monogamy.

Monogamy has been the norm for a long time now, society has constantly produced and reproduced the idea of monogamy as being the only ideal form of romantic or sexual relationship.

But with a wave of social awareness, sensitivity, and changenew forms of relationships are coming forth and gaining attention and acceptance in society.

One such form of relationship is Polyamory.

Before diving into what Gen-Z has to say about Polyamorous relationships, it is important to know what exactly is it.

When two people are in an intimate relationship with each other at a particular timeit is called a monogamous relationship.

Polyamory, on the other hand, is known as the practice of having an intimate relationship with more than one partner with the informed consent of all parties involved.

Polyamorous relationships are consensual, ethical, and non-monogamous by description.

Polyamory aims at having open and fair relationships between multiple partners. Not all people are comfortable having one partner for life, this concept accepts like-minded individuals who can be attracted to different people at the same time and gives them space for them to achieve satisfaction in their life.

Since polyamory is a relatively new concept, even though such relationships have existed, society is not really clear about its terms and conditions.

There are a lot of myths and misconceptions attached to the idea of polyamorous relationships.

Myth/Misconception #1: Even though clearly stated, some people think that being in a polyamorous relationship means cheating which is not true at all because the consent of all people involved is the foundation of all polyamorous relationship

Myth/Misconception #2: People involved in polyamorous relationships are unsatisfied or afraid of commitment

Contrary to this misconception there have been studies that prove that people in non-monogamous relationships are equally satisfied as people in monogamous relationships. It all comes down to what people want out of their relationship.

Myth/Misconception #3: Polyamory is just about having multiple sexual partners. Polyamory is based on trust, emotional/physical/mental support, respect, and commitment hence it goes beyond just the sexual aspect.

Myth/Misconception #4: Polyamory is the same as having an open relationship or swinging. Open relationships and swinging are just other forms of non-monogamous consensual relationships but they are different from polyamory as they are primarily about having non-committed sexual encounters outside the committed relationship.

Myth/Misconception #5: Polyamory is the same as Polygamy.Polyamory is a committed relationship that does not necessarily involve marriage between people involved. Polygamy is exclusively about marriage. There are other social differences between the two as well, historically polygamy has been unfair or nonconsensual. Another difference is that Polygamy is prescribed by some religions.

Being in a Polyamorous doesnt necessarily between that more than two people are in a relationship together, there are different structures of polyamorous relationships as well.

Some main types identified are:

Hierarchical Polyamory/ One Primary plus: where one relationship is considered the primary relationship and the other is considered secondary.

Non Hierarchical Polyamory:where there is no hierarchy between the relationships. Every relationship is considered equal. No one is a primary partner.

Kitchen Table Polyamory:Family-style connection and dependence between people who are part of a network. Doesnt necessarily involve romance. This type of relationship focuses more on support for resources just like people get resource-based support from a family.

Parallel Polyamory:This means all people involved in a relationship dont necessarily have to be involved with each other. A is in a consensual relationship with B and C but B and C dont have to be in a relationship as well.

Mono-poly: Where one partner follows polyamory but the other identifies as monogamous.

Solo-poly:One individual has no primary partner or partners. They follow polyamory but are in no serious relationship. Solo-poly is often confused with simply having multiple partners.

Polyamorous relationships are relatively new to India but the possibility of having a consensual, non-monogamous relationship is catching on.

India has seen a rise in the number of polyamorous relationships recently, so we asked some individuals about their opinion, here is what they said:

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints maintains a politically neutral stance in party politics. (Preston Crawley)

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sends a letter during national election years in the United States to be read by each bishop regarding the Churchs politically neutral stance.

The Churchs official statement on political neutrality says the Church does not endorse, promote or oppose political parties, candidates or platforms, or allow church buildings or membership lists to be used for partisan political purposes. The statement also says the Church cannot direct members in choosing which candidate or party they should vote for.

The Churchs mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, not to elect politicians, the statement says.

With this politically neutral stance, all General Authorities and general officers of the Church should not personally participate in political campaigns, including promoting candidates, fundraising, speaking in behalf of or otherwise endorsing candidates, and making financial contributions.

Recently this section of the policy received large amounts of media attention when donations to President Joe Biden and other Democratic politicians campaigns were made under Quorum of Twelve Apostles member Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorfs name.

Elder Uchtdorf gave KSL a statement saying he regretted such an oversight on his part. He said a family member donated through a family-shared online account associated with his name but he fully supports the Churchs policy regarding Church leaders and political donations.

Reasons for neutrality

One of the reasons the Church stays politically neutral is to retain the Churchs tax exempt status as a nonprofit organization.

According to University of Notre Dame political science professor David Campbell, it is particularly critical for the Church to be neutral because it is so centralized. It wouldnt be just a ward or stake, it would be the entire Church that would lose the exempt status, Campbell said.

Besides the tax exemption, the Church stays neutral to keep away from complications with partisanship.

If the Church were officially to line up or semi-officially line up with one party, it would alienate its own members and potential converts, said Utah State University Mormon history professor Patrick Mason.

University of Utah history professor Paul Reeve said he thinks the Church favors neutrality because of the changing dynamics of party politics. He said a dynamic of divisiveness is entering some congregations and families and it is amplified by party politics becoming a religion for some people.

The politics of the major parties shift overtime, and to be so firmly wedded with one party or the other, then as those party politics shifts, creates the very dynamic we are witnessing, Reeve said.

Campbell also said being too aligned with one party would weaken the Churchs credibility when it speaks on issues. The Church has sought to be above the partisan fray, and thats viewed by Church leaders as important so they can speak prophetically to what they consider key moral issues.

The Church does reserve the right as an institution to address, in a nonpartisan way, issues that it believes have significant community or moral consequences or that directly affect the interests of the Church, says the neutrality statement.

Mason said the Church must be careful walking the very fine line speaking out on issues or expressing support for policies without violating the tax exemption requirements.

The Churchs political involvement has ranged from abortion and immigration to prohibition and gambling, with gay marriage and medical marijuana as the most recent prominent examples.

While there is no uniform agreement on what constitutes a moral issue, Campbell said the Church typically gets involved with nonpartisan ballot initiatives where there are less restrictions.

The Churchs political history

Historically, the Church has not always had a neutral stance politically. In the 1870s, the members in the Utah territory formed the Peoples Party, and all non-members were part of the Liberal Party. The Church ran candidates and pushed policies, and party politics were strictly divided along religious lines.

According to Reeve, the Peoples party, along with the use of polygamy and theocracy, was a source of tension between the settlers and the federal government and was one of the reasons Utah was kept out of statehood for so long.

The Mormons began to abandon polygamy and theocracy in the 1890s, giving up the Peoples Party and adopting the two party system. Reeve said at this time the Republican Party was ironically seen as the Anti-Mormon party, so Church leaders would preach it was OK to be a member and Republican.

The Church made peace with the Republican party when Republican apostle Reed Smoot was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1902. Throughout the 20th century, Reeve said the Church started embracing political pluralism and encouraging members to choose for themselves on political issues.

General Authorities in the 20th century varied on political beliefs, with Hugh B. Brown active in the Democratic party and Ezra Taft Benson vocal in the Republican party.

Utah, and most voters in the Church, swung to the right in the 1970s along with various other Western states when the nations political map was dramatically realigned during the Reagan Revolution, Reeve said. Utah went red and has been red ever since.

The Church exerts a lot of political influence in the state of Utah, but it does so in the State Capitol by quiet lobbying that follows the restrictions for tax exemptions and making its views known to the government, Campbell said.

Issues like gay rights, the equal rights amendment and abortion accounted for religious minded people to start associating with the Republican party which was aligning the South and many Mountain states into the Religious Right, Reeve said.

Church leaders became somewhat disconcerted in the late 20th century because Utah politics were back to where it was in the 19th century where Republican is the Mormon party and the Democratic party is the non-Mormon party, Reeve said.

To try to combat this, the First Presidency had General Authority Seventy and Democrat Marlin Jensen fulfill a request for an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune in 1998 discussing the Church leaders viewpoint of the political imbalance in the Church.

In the interview he said the imbalance concerned Church leaders because they are not a one-party church. Jensen also claimed while most members are Republican, the notion that good members cannot be Democrats is wrong.

A conservative majority Church

Mason said its absolutely true that the Church lines up with conservative ideals on most issues. In politics, the Church allies with other religious groups on issues of common cause.

The majority of U.S. members in the Church today lean Republican despite the Churchs neutral stance. A study in 2018 found that 67% of members voted Republican in that years midterm election, and in 2014, the Pew Research Center found 71% of members identified as Republican.

The Churchs official position is one of neutrality but thats certainly not the way many voters, including many members of the Church itself, perceive the Churchs positions, Campbell said.

Because so many members are Republican and the issues General Authorities tend to stress lean conservative, Campbell said the Church is often viewed as a heavily Republican institution, in spite of the Church leaders efforts to try to dissuade people from that view.

Campbell said the Church is not in the middle of the political spectrum, but it is also not far right. The Church typically speaks out for the conservative sides of issues, but the Churchs positions are moderately conservative compared to some Utah legislators or individual members on issues such as immigration and LGBTQ rights, he said.

The Church can be a moderating influence on Utah politics and the politics of Church members, he said.

BYU political science professor Lisa Argyle gave a lecture titled Reflections on Political Disagreement in Latter-Day Saint Communities and said the Church tries to stay politically neutral, but politics still affect the society of the Church.

In the Church, she said the pressure of religious community affects peoples comfortability in discussing their political views. As political beliefs increasingly become part of ones identity, she said members need to start having discussions with those who think differently so everyone can start sharing their full selves instead of avoiding difficult conversations.

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byFabien Lemercier

26/03/2021 - Mamouna Doucours feature debut has taken home the trophy for the best female-directed French film of 2020

Cuties by Mamouna Doucour

Established in 2018 in order to shine a spotlight on the talent of todays female directors who are following in the footsteps of Alice Guy (1873-1968), the first among them all, the Alice Guy Prize has multiple aims: to compensate somewhat for the recurring absence of women among the lists of major award winners every year, to promote a woman director and encourage her to get her new projects off the ground, to provide a second chance to get the winning film circulated, and to add value to the work of female filmmakers. This years Alice Guy Prize, the fourth such award, has been handed to Cuties[+see also: filmreviewtrailerinterview: Mamouna Doucourfilmprofile], the feature debut by Mamouna Doucour.

The jury, comprising filmmakers Claudine Nougaret (also a producer and sound engineer), Mounia Meddour and Louis-Julien Petit, Belgian actress Natacha Rgnier and fellow Belgian thesp Jrmie Rnier, and journalist Fabien Lemercier (Cineuropa), praised the quality of the mise-en-scne and the sense of risk-taking expressed by the film, which addresses and makes us reflect on important social issues (polygamy, the sexualisation of pre-teens whose lives are governed by the tyranny of the perfect image spread by social networks, the day-to-day life of youngsters who live on council estates, and so on).

Staged by Bien ou Bien Productions, Cuties was singled out with the Best Director Award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance, a Special Mention in Generation Kplus at Berlin, and the recent Csar Award for Best New Female Hope that was picked up by actress Fathia Youssouf. Released in theatres by Bac Films last summer, it is now available worldwide on Netflix (as a reminder, its release sparked enormous controversy in the USA because of a clumsy trailer that the platform put together).

Cuties follows on the heels of previous Alice Guy Prize laureates Papicha[+see also: filmreviewtrailerinterview: Mounia Meddourfilmprofile] by Mounia Meddour, An Impossible Love[+see also: filmreviewtrailerfilmprofile] by Catherine Corsini and Paris la blanche[+see also: filmreviewtrailerinterview: Lidia Terkifilmprofile] by Lidia Terki.

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In March 2020, polygamy was essentially decriminalized in Utah. Governor Gary Herbert signed Senate Bill 102 into law, which reduced the crime of bigamy from a felony to infraction, putting it on par with a traffic ticket. Previously, "bigamy was a third-degree felony, legally punishable by up to five years in prison and up to a $5,000 fine," CNN reported. When combined with crimes like abuse, fraud, or child-bride marriages, it is still considered a felony. However, this opened up many doors for polygamists in the state, including Sister Wives' Kody Brown and his wives Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn.

In Sunday's Sister Wives episode, viewers get to see the Brown family's reaction to the news. After a fearful return to Utah when bigamy was still a felony, the Browns were thrilled to tell their children about what this means for their family. "We have some really fun, exciting news to tell the kids today. I'm just so excited," Robyn explained in a confessional in PEOPLE's exclusive clip. "This is news we've hoped to actually give our kids for 10 years or more," Kody added.

Robyn tells her children that "plural marriage is an infraction, which is like, equal to a traffic ticket, which is basically and essentially decriminalizing plural marriage." Wife Janelle also expresses relief over the news. "We're like, no longer felons for living our religion," she said. "For about 50 years after the Mormon pioneers came to Salt Lake in about 1847, they practiced polygamy it was part of the religion, it was just a thing that was done. It wasn't weird."

"[In] about 1890, 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," Janelle explained. "For 150 years, we've been felons." Meri, who was raised in a polygamist family before marrying Kody, calls polygamy "basic human rights, civil rights. I don't think Kody sharing a bedroom with another adult woman is hurting anybody else." As for Kody, he released a statement to People explaining that he believes this new law will "ultimately lead to the freedom of all plural families everywhere."

This change in polygamy law is hard-earned and way overdue as the polygamist community in Utah has been marginalized for over a century. I feel that this is just the first step to destigmatize plural families," he said in the statement.

"Witnessing the law change last year and knowing it came from legislation is very promising. I hope it will ultimately lead to the freedom of all plural families everywhere. To witness the Utah Legislature make this change gave me both hope and joy, and even a sense of social acceptance," he continued. "It's an indirect victory for so many that worked so hard, but a huge victory still."

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Season 3 of Seeking Sister Wife offers a rare glimpse into the everyday life of five polygamous families, including the North Carolina-based trio, Kaleh, Vanessa, and Jarod Clark.

As Jarod explained in a recently-released teaser, he met his first wife, Vanessa, while he was still in the military. He suggested they try polygamy about six-and-a-half years into the relationship but Vanessa shut down his first attempts. So, how did Kaleh come into the picture? Is she married to Jarod?

"We practice polygamy. Specifically, polygyny. Polygamy is the umbrella term for a multi-person relationship. Polygyny is geared more towards the male having separate wives and that's what we're striving to do," Jarod explained.

A Seeking Sister Wife teaser captures how the trio moves into their brand new home. But the big change might mark the beginning of a less-than-harmonious chapter in their lives. As the clip shows, Jarod and Vanessa have been struggling to integrate Kaleh into the family.

Jarod and Vanessa started out as a monogamous couple. Jarod took up an interest in polygyny about six-and-a-half years after they got married and he had some convincing to do at first.

"I introduced polygamy to Vanessa about three years ago, six-and-a-half years into our marriage. The response that I received from her was a flat, pure, unadulterated no," Jarod said.

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Vanessa struggled to come to terms with the concept in the beginning. As she explained in a clip, she was worried about how polygyny might impact her relationship with Jarod. What's more, she was convinced the new arrangement would only benefit Jarod.

"I thought it was more for you than it was for me. That was the biggest stigma that I had to get over," Vanessa told Jarod in a trailer.

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"I knew absolutely nothing about polygamy. It took me a lot of learning, background, history, everything, to actually understand the benefits of it. I realized I would have somebody who has my back with not only my children, with my husband, with my house, with everything," Vanessa added.

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Sidian and Tosha Jones are looking to add another wife to the family after the polygamist couple's first plural relationship ended in heartbreak. The newcomers to Seeking Sister Wife share their story in a PopCulture.com exclusive preview ahead of the Monday, March 22 season premiere of the TLC series, revealing that their polygamous path hasn't always been easy.

"I had a friend who was in a polygamous relationship, and what drew me to the lifestyle was learning that polygamy is a lot more than sex," Sidian explains of how he first came around to the idea of a plural marriage. "It is having more support in the house, more love to go around. You know, if somebody has any sort of problem, there's not just one other adult in the house to help tackle it, there's at least two others."

It was then that he and his first wife, with whom he shares two kids, decided to try polygamy. Enter Tosha, who learned about polygamy from Sidian and grew interested in the idea due to "the family aspect." Sidian then introduced Tosha to his first wife, who he says was "very accepting" of her new sister wife and "really wanted to bring her into the family." Tosha fit in immediately, and after about three months, the family transitioned into her living with them.

"After spending time with Sidian in his family, it really felt like I was meant to be there," Tosha says of the early days of their relationship. Sidian agrees that things between the two women "really fell into place easily" right off the bat, and that they would "switch off" time with him at night in their separate bedrooms, although nothing was scheduled.

"We were all getting along great. We loved it, the kids loved it for about six months, and that's when things fell apart," Sidian shares. "My first wife really started questioning whether polygamy was for her." When Tosha learned of the unrest in the house, she says she "really wanted to respect her position and give them opportunity to let them work on their marriage," so she decided to leave their home and see what would eventually happen.

It was clearly a tough time for Tosha, who when asked what her time apart from Sidian and the kids was like begins to cry. "Sorry," she apologizes. "I didn't expect that." Get to know the Jones family even more when a new season of Seeking Sister Wife premieres on Monday, March 22 at 8 p.m. ET on TLC and discovery+.

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Today is Monday, March 22, the 81st day of 2021. There are 284 days left in the year.

Today's Highlights in History:

On March 22, 1941, the Grand Coulee hydroelectric dam in Washington state officially went into operation.

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In 1820, U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron near Washington, D.C.

In 1882, President Chester Alan Arthur signed a measure outlawing polygamy.

In 1894, hockey's first Stanley Cup championship game was played; home team Montreal defeated Ottawa, 3-1.

In 1945, the Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt.

In 1976, principal photography for the first "Star Wars" movie, directed by George Lucas, began in Tunisia.

In 1987, a garbage barge, carrying 3,200 tons of refuse, left Islip, New York, on a six-month journey in search of a place to unload. (The barge was turned away by several states and three other countries until space was found back in Islip.)

In 1988, both houses of Congress overrode President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act.

In 1991, high school instructor Pamela Smart, accused of recruiting her teenage lover and his friends to kill her husband, Gregory, was convicted in Exeter, New Hampshire, of murder-conspiracy and being an accomplice to murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

In 1993, Intel Corp. unveiled the original Pentium computer chip.

In 1997, Tara Lipinski, at age 14 years and 10 months, became the youngest ladies' world figure skating champion in Lausanne, Switzerland.

In 2010, Google Inc. stopped censoring the internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland to Hong Kong.

In 2019, special counsel Robert Mueller closed his Russia investigation with no new charges, delivering his final report to Justice Department officials. Former President Jimmy Carter became the longest-living chief executive in American history; at 94 years and 172 days, he exceeded the lifespan of the late former President George H.W. Bush.

Ten years ago: Yemen's U.S.-backed president, Ali Abdullah Saleh (AH'-lee ahb-DUH'-luh sah-LEH'), his support crumbling among political allies and the army, warned that the country could slide into civil war as the opposition rejected his offer to step down by the end of the year. NFL owners meeting in New Orleans voted to make all scoring plays reviewable by the replay official and referee; also, kickoffs would be moved up 5 yards to the 35-yard line.

Five years ago: Capping a remarkable visit to Cuba, President Barack Obama sat beside President Raul Castro at a baseball game between Cuba's national team and the Tampa Bay Rays (the Rays won, 4-1); Obama left the game early to fly to Argentina for a state visit there. Suicide bombers attacked the Brussels airport and subway system, killing 32 people. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton padded their delegate troves with victories in Arizona; Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders won caucuses in Utah and Idaho and Republican Ted Cruz claimed his party's caucuses in Utah. Rob Ford, the troubled former mayor of Toronto, died at age 46.

One year ago: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered all nonessential businesses in the state to close and nonessential workers to stay home. The Senate voted against advancing a $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package that Democrats said was tilted toward corporations, but negotiations continued. (Approval would come by week's end.) Kentucky Republican Rand Paul became the first member of the U.S. Senate to report testing positive for the coronavirus; his announcement led Utah senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney to place themselves in quarantine. The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the pandemic was first detected, went a fourth consecutive day without reporting any new or suspected cases of the coronavirus.

Today's Birthdays: Composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim is 91. Evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson is 91. Actor William Shatner is 90. Former Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is 87. Actor M. Emmet Walsh is 86. Actor-singer Jeremy Clyde is 80. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 78. Writer James Patterson is 74. CNN newscaster Wolf Blitzer is 73. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 73. Actor Fanny Ardant is 72. Sportscaster Bob Costas is 69. Country singer James House is 66. Actor Lena Olin is 66. Singer-actor Stephanie Mills is 64. Actor Matthew Modine is 62. Actor-comedian Keegan-Michael Key is 50. Actor Will Yun Lee is 50. Olympic silver medal figure skater Elvis Stojko is 49. Actor Guillermo Diaz is 46. Actor Anne Dudek is 46. Actor Cole Hauser is 46. Actor Kellie Williams is 45. Actor Reese Witherspoon is 45. Rock musician John Otto (Limp Bizkit) is 44. Actor Tiffany Dupont is 40. Rapper Mims is 40. Actor Constance Wu is 39. Actor James Wolk is 36.

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His Bill has caused slay-queens and woman-eaters sleepless nights since he tabled it.

Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma (pictured) has bravely fought for his space since he was elected in 2013. Today, he has become a regular feature in the living rooms of many families through press invitations.

But his latest task is particularly challenging, given that his Luo Nyanza backyard is awash with leaders keen to establish a vocal presence. He has carved himself a niche through rather controversial legislative proposals, which have some element of fighting for the oppressed. The most controversial is the Succession Law (Amendment) Bill.

His submission before Parliament last week, championing the Bill, was nearly poetic. This is a very small proposed amendment with far-reaching and material consequences, he said, evoking Mark Twains sage counsel,its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog.

On the face of it, it seems that Kaluma was once again stepping up to a task Ndiritu Njoka, chairman of the Maendeleo ya Wanaume lobby, had seemingly abdicated; fighting for the rights and freedoms of men. His Bill wants widowers to inherit property from their late wives, too, without proving that they depended on the deceased.

And the Bill does not stop at that, he expounded, it also seeks to block slay-queens and woman-eaters in his words, people who are hiding with you from your family from succeeding their lovers.

The Bill proposes that only legal spouses of a deceased would take over their property and not, again to quote Kaluma non-verbatim, anyone who has lunch with you and takes pictures, ostensibly as proof of marriage.

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As he made his case for the Bill, the MP formerly famed in Bunge as Akuku Danger the famed polygamist made clear that his proposed change would not affect those in polygamous marriages. Spouses in such unions would still be entitled to property belonging to their deceased partners.

The two-time MP came out as a defender of the sanctity of marriage, only that he sounded like a champion of polygamous partnerships. The speech was in itself almost like an ode to polygamy.

We are allowed to marry many women because we passed the Marriage Act that recognises polygamy and even allows for the issuance of certificates, he said at some point.

But that is not the first time Kaluma has fought for men. In 2015, MPs rejected his proposed amendment to the Childrens Act that sought to lock estranged spouses out of child support. Had his Bill become law, women would have lost the right to demand child-upkeep from deadbeat dads.

The Bill proposed to give parents of children born out of wedlock equal custody rights to the child and the same responsibilities.

At the time, Kaluma was battling a custody and child-support case involving his former wife, Mary Akinyi Ojera. While shooting down the Bill, some MPs read mischief in Kalumas intentions.

We are not in the House to create laws to fix our domestic problems, Aden Duale, then Majority Leader, said.

Another of his Bills that got nowhere was his proposal to have some 40 counties secede from Kenya in the wake of the disputed 2017 presidential election.

The MP had cited marginalisation as a ground for secession, and his proposal had received the nod by the elections and boundaries body, IEBC. But the publicised legislation that proposed to create the Peoples Republic of Kenya fizzled into thin air in the months that followed.

But Kaluma hasnt just fought within Bunge, he has exchanged blows in public as well.

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Kody Brown of TLCs Sister Wives has always been a strong, unrelenting advocate for the rights of people who practice polygamy or, as the Brown family calls it in their fundamentalist Mormon sect, plural marriage. Thats why many Sister Wives fans were shocked when Kody told his four wives (Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn Brown) on the new season that he wasnt interested in advocating for polygamy anymore.

With several fractured marriages under his belt, Kody reasoned, he could no longer honestly say he thought polygamy was always a good choice. On the most recent episode of Sister Wives, The Basement Wife, Kody explained that he realized later in life that he had been overconfident about his ability to make his wives happy in plural marriage.

Kody looked back on his time as a young polygamous husband on Sundays Sister Wives episode. With his marriage to Robyn a rollercoaster, his marriage to Christine deeply troubled, and his relationship with Meri estranged, he realized that he might have been too judgmental of other husbands with plural wives in his youth.

When Meri and I were newlyweds, and I was looking at these older polygamist men with their families, I was very critical about their family interaction, the Sister Wives star admitted.

But now, Kody explained, he knew just how hard it was to sustain a polygamous marriage for many years. His epiphany made him wonder if the troubles he saw in others marriages were inevitable in most plural families.

And here I am, 25 years later, seeing my wives in the same places that these other polygamists had their wives that I was so critical of, he revealed. But now Im thinking, maybe, honestly, you morph to that. Maybe thats what these wives wanted. Maybe thats what my wives want.

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Ultimately, Kody told Sister Wives producers, he simply didnt think his four wives wanted to be friends. Unless they took the initiative themselves, he didnt believe it would ever happen.

Honestly, I just dont think my wives really want to be together that much, because if they did, they would, he argued.

Kodys ideal for the Brown family was for them to live under one roof as a cohesive whole. But that just didnt seem to be their fate. Now, his wives were only together in person about once a month and they showed no signs of wanting to change that.

It settles to a baseline of what is comfortable and normal for a family, Kody mused. Where my ideal is at with this other place where were interacting all the time, we live next to each other, were always interacting I dont believe they want that because thats not what theyre comfortable with.

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After years of trying to find a way to get his four wives and their children under one roof again (as theyd once lived in Lehi, Utah), Kody admitted he was just about ready to give up on that dream.

Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn were now scattered in different homes around Flagstaff. To Kody, thats what they seemed to prefer.

I swear, theyre so much comfortable here with us being farther apart and less interactive, the Sister Wives star lamented.

While the state of the Brown family culture and overall dynamic did seem to worry his wives, Kody shared, he ultimately believed they were no longer comfortable sharing space together too often.

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- A trio of dads who are involved in a polygamous relationship have finally got all three their names on their baby girl's birth certificate

- The three doting fathers have been battling to get this done and are now the first "throuple" to achieve it

- The three have also produced a book together on being parents in a polyamorous relationship

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A trio of dads have wound up victorious from their battle to have all three their names on their baby girl's birth certificate - and they could not be any happier. The throuple started with only Ian Jenkins and Alan Mayfield, who had been together for several years before welcoming a third man, Jeremy Hodges, into the relationship.

Before long the trio was ready to welcome a little girl into their unique situation and so the threesome became a foursome as baby Piper became the newest addition to their unique little family.

Thereafter, the three dads embarked on an arduous process of getting all three of their names as parents on the birth certificate of the adorable little one and they won, something they have expressed great happiness about.

Speaking in a New York Post article, Ian said that they made sure to get all three names on the birth certificates to ensure that they would all have equal visitation rights and every other benefit that comes with being a parent should the throuple split up for whatever reason.

In other interesting Briefly.co.za news, an African woman with the Twitter handle @3yesharu has called on married men to consider polygamy and marrying more wives, saying single ladies have been waiting endlessly for potential matches.

The young lady took to social media to air her opinion and called on men who have been married for more than five years. In her post she wrote:

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