by Vickey Casey | Jun 13, 2014 | News
Pain and sadness filled Thiri’s voice as she told her story to the Compasio Community Team and BMS World Mission workers Brian and Lydia English. Though hearing through translation, the Englishes could see Thiri holding back tears as she spoke. A few years ago,...
by Lindsay Whitehurst | Jul 14, 2011 | News
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Utah’s complicated history with polygamy starts a new chapter Wednesday (July 13) as a reality-show family challenges the state’s ban on plural marriage, a fight that could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Nationally known constitutional...
by John Tunison | Mar 25, 2011 | News
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) A Grand Rapids man who took a bride while still married to his estranged first wife—and who is now charged with polygamy—says he “made a mistake.” Richard Barton Jr., 34, who remains free from jail on personal recognizance after being...
