Southern Baptist editorial supports amending the US Constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. (October 07, 2003)

The Trumpet Herald - In June, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision decriminalized sodomy. "Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is asking his nationwide audience to pray that God will remove three judges from the United States' highest court so conservatives can replace them." (August 01, 2003)

BBC NEWS - President Jammeh provokes ire among Muslim traditionalists with a three-year ban on polygamous marriages. (July 22, 2003)

WorldNetDaily - Multiple-wives crowd hopes to capitalize on sodomy decision. "Polygamy is the next civil-rights battle." (July 04, 2003)

USA Today, William Mattox Jr. - As the parents of a teenage daughter who hopes to get married someday, my wife and I not only have a stake in what our daughter is taught about marriage, we have a stake in what other people's sons are taught as well. (August 21, 2001)

BBC - President Bashir urges Sudanese men to take more than one wife to increase the population and promote the country's development. (August 15, 2001)

PTI - The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the solicitor general of India on a petition filed by Julekhabi, a divorced Muslim woman, seeking a ban on polygamy prevalent in the community. (July 27, 2001)

CNN - Although polygamy has been accepted for centuries in Africa, many in Zimbabwe feel the practice is in direct conflict with the modern-day values now practiced in much of the country. (October 16, 1999)

BBC News - A decree by the leader of a small Muslim region in Russia allowing men to have up to four wives has been dismissed as unconstitutional by the justice minister. (July 21, 1999)

Announcement that the question of polygamy and clergy in the Celestial Church of Christ was resolved, and the denomination would be recommended for full World Council of Churches membership. (December 11, 1998)

Reproduced from the New York Times. Tells of an effort to end this traditional rural practice in Ivory Coast, where the economics of hardscrabble farming have long encouraged men to take more than one wife. (April 10, 1996)