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Jury finds polygamous towns discriminate against nonbelievers

Jury finds polygamous towns discriminate against nonbelievers

March 08, 2016

PHOENIX — Twin towns on the Arizona-Utah border violated the constitutional rights of certain residents when they functioned as agents of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a polygamous sect whose members comprise the bulk of the population of both towns, a federal jury found Monday.

The…