Sister Wives TLC Series A Bigamist Lifestyle Investigated
 
By Linda Evans
Entertainment
CNM News Network - Jonesboro, Arkansas
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The New Sister Wives TLC Series brings real-life "Big Love" drama to your home. The story of Kody Brown and his three wives and their brood of children may not be a traditional American family. However, the "Sister Wives" family doesn’t seem to be the religious fanatics/ child abusers that polygamists are typically portrayed as.

If you watch "Big Love" you know that Nicolette Grant is the daughter of the late "prophet" Roman Grant. Before his death he took on a child bride, and Nicolette herself was even a child bride. The "joy book" was a menu of sorts where men could pick out their young wives. These types of child abuse may be prevalent on traditional Mormon polygamist compounds, but they aren’t present in the "Sister Wives" family.

However, the modern polyamorous (I choose that word purposefully, as I see the family as polyamorous rather than polygamists) family embraces a lifestyle they know is different than the main stream norms.

Under Utah Law, their family lifestyle is illegal. Although polygamy laws are typically used to prosecute statuary rape and incest cases, this family is breaking the law for the whole world to see. An investigation has been launched in to their family.

While some believe that their lifestyle is harmless, and as such they should be left alone a dangerous precedent would be set if Utah didn’t act on the family. If you commit any crime on TV, and law enforcement stands idly by and does nothing...what message does that send?

So far, TLC is standing behind "Sister Wives." The series airs on Sunday nights and it’s interesting. There’s no word if the new TLC series "Sister Wives" will come back as a second season, though – we will have to wait and see how the criminal investigation works out for the family. Maybe they will move from Utah to a state that allows their lifestyle?
 
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Originally published September 30th, 2010
 
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