Courts 1885 Murphy v. Ramsey decision, which upheld the ban against polygamy in the Utah territory, because it eloquently explained the legitimate purpose of marriage. Murphy stated that certainly no legislation can be supposed more wholesome and necessary in the founding of a free, self-governing commonwealth . . . than that which seeks to establish it on the basis of the idea of the family, as consisting in and springing from the union for life of one man and one woman in the holy estate of matrimony; the sure foundation of all that is stable and noble in our civilization; the best guarantee of that reverent morality which is the source of all beneficent progress in social and political improvement. Perhaps Justice Kennedy could explain why this is no longer a legitimate purpose. This is also in response to the striking down of polygamy in Utah
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:16:18 +0000
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