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- From: haushalt@research.nj.nec.com (Robert C.Haushalter)
- Subject: Re: Brother Elwood's 2 Wives
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.161000.2601@research.nj.nec.com>
- Originator: haushalt@shakti
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- Organization: NEC Research Institute
- References: <1993Jan28.140523.24357@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 16:10:00 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.140523.24357@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rwd4f@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Rob Dobson) writes:
- >
- >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.
- >
- The preacher wasn't a Reverend Dobson by any chance was it?
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