Re: [UUPoly-L] Nuance and the Church of LDS

[JasmineGld@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/23/2006 10:07:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
lisamorgan@lairhaven.com writes:

> With any group as large as the LDS  church you will surely find people 
> more open to social justice than  others. 

One recent news item has piqued my interest.  A judge in  Hildale, Utah has a 
polygamous family, and an order was filed seeking to remove  him from office 
as unsuitable to serve, based solely on his polygamy.  He  has served as judge 
for 25 years.  There are no other complaints against  him, no issues of child 
brides or coercion, no abuse, no welfare fraud, no  criminal charges, no 
nothing.  Just more than one wife, only one of which  is a legal marriage.  
 
This case has been heard by the Utah Supreme Court.  Early November  articles 
said the case would be decided within 3 months, but I can't find any  
decision or updates.  

>>>>
Topic: Impeachment  and Disciplining of Judges Article Title: Utah Judge With 
3 Wives Fights for Job  Publication: The Associated Press November 2, 2005 

Article reports that  the Utah Supreme Court will review a Judicial Conduct 
Commission decision that  removed a judge from the bench because he has three 
wives. The people who sought  Judge Walter Steedâs removal say that after 
taking an oath to uphold the law, he  should not be breaking it. Although bigamy is 
a third-degree felony in Utah that  is punishable by up to five years in 
prison, prosecutors have decided not to  prosecute the judge. Judge Steed was on 
the bench for 23 years before the  Tapestry Against Polygamy, a group of women 
who were formerly polygamous but now  seek to help other polygamous women 
leave secretive colonies that adhere to the  practice, lodged a complaint against 
the judge in 2003. The Judicial Conduct  Commission ordered Judge Steedâs 
removal from the bench in February 2005, after  a 14-month investigation confirmed 
that he was married to three sisters.  
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BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW  
http://www.brennancenter.org/programs/pester/pages/view_elerts.php?category_id=10&page=1

Additional  articles: 
Polygamist Judge Says He'll Give Up Job Rather Than Give Up Wives
_http://www.abc4.com/local_news/featured_websites/story.aspx?content_id=CDCD24
91-632E-4A55-9466-D08F6012D262_ 
(http://www.abc4.com/local_news/featured_websites/story.aspx?content_id=CDCD2491-632E-4A55-9466-D08F6012D262) 
 
Judge With Three Wives Wants His Job Back Despite Polygamy
_http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1130953711812_ 
(http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1130953711812) 

Utah high court hears case of polygamous judge
_http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9904689/_ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9904689/) 

Court  gets to rule on polygamy, judgeship
_http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:7lrSLUfNc08J:www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3177
093+polygamy+judge+Steed&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=12_ 
(http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:7lrSLUfNc08J:www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3177093+polygamy+judge+Steed&h
l=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=12) 

(This is a Google cache of _http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3177093_ 
(http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3177093) )