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- From: rwd4f@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Rob Dobson)
- Subject: Brother Elwood's 2 Wives
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.140523.24357@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:05:23 GMT
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- This story is absolutely true, insomuch as anything in the newspapers
- is true. if you dont believe me, go find the Washington post, 1/27/93,
- D1.
-
- So it turns out that theres this preacher down in the small southern
- virginia town of martinsville. his name, if memory serves me, is elwood
- something. and he has just marrieda 16 year old girl while still retaingin
- his older wife, because god told him it was ok.
-
- elwood likes to read the portions of the bible about polygamy during his
- sermons. he notes that while it is ok for a 'prophet' to take many wives
- it is not ok for a woman to take many husbands. elwood says his first wife
- janice (who is about his age) does not object to the situation, but
- she was hospitalized for 'nerves' for a week after first hearing the
- news.
-
- but wait, you say. bigamy is illegal. where, there's the tricky part;
- elwood did not perform a legal marraige on himself and the 16yr old.
- instead, he just proclaimed them 'married in the eyes of god', and
- proceeded to do the nasty with her, guilt free. (o yeah, i forgot,
- he's "in love" with her too)
-
- so the prosecutors of this small, god fearing town are in a bind. its
- not illegal to fuck a 16 yr old. its not illegal to perform a non-
- binding marraige on yourself when youre already married either. so
- they are going to prosecute him (maybe) under a 1877 law which
- forbids having sex with a 15-17yr old virgin under the false
- promise of marraige. as you may guess, this law has not been used
- much lately.
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