The January 2012 Marriage Law Digest, edited by Bill Duncan of the Marriage Law Foundation, is now available here.

January's topics include:

1. EMMANUEL TEMPLE V. ABERCROMBIE, Civ. No. 11-00790, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, December 30, 2011 (religious exemption for civil unions).
2. GARTNER V. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Case No. CE 67807, Iowa District Court, Polk County, January 4, 2012 (listing same-sex spouse as parent on other spouse’s child’s birth certificate).
3. BREIT V. MASON, Record No. 0337-11-1, Virginia Court of Appeals, December 28, 2011 (parentage of sperm donor).
4. BERNSTEIN V. OCEAN GROVE CAMP MEETING ASSOCIATION, OAL DKT. NO. CRT 6145-09, New Jersey Office of Administrative Law, January 12, 2012 (discrimination claim for use of church facility).
5. OPINION 11-87, New York Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics, December 8, 2011 (judge’s ability to decline to conduct same-sex marriages).
6. BENSON V. ALVERSON, A11-811, Minnesota Court of Appeals, January 23, 2012 (dismissal of constitutional challenge to Minnesota marriage statute by same-sex couple).
7. E.C. V. J.V., C064745, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, January 19, 2012 (presumption of maternity).
8. WARD V. POLITE, Nos. 10-2100/2145, U.S. Court of Appeas, Sixth Circuit, January 27, 2012 (counseling student’s religious objection to counseling unmarried couples).
9. DRAGOVICH V. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, No. C 10-01564, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, January 26, 2012 (motion to dismiss challenge to DOMA).
10. News Stories (topics: Israeli immigration marriages).

The December 2011 Marriage Law Digest, edited by Bill Duncan of the Marriage Law Foundation, is now available here.

December's topics include:

1. BANZHAF V. GARVEY, Docket No: 11-343-EI, District of Columbia Office of Human Rights, November 29, 2011 (application of discrimination laws to single-sex dorms).
2. MUSSA V. PALMER-MUSSA, No. COA11-209, North Carolina Court of Appeals, December 6, 2011 (validity of marriage in light of previous ceremonial marriage).
3. LOWE V. STARK COUNTY SHERIFF, No. 09-3942, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, December 8, 2011 (validity of incest laws).
4. HENRY V. RED HILL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF TUSTIN, G044556, California Court of Appeals, Fourth District, December 9, 2011 (religious school firing employee for cohabitation).
5. S.Y. V. S.B., C065700, California Court of Appeals, Third Appellate District, December 9, 2011 (presumed parenthood status).
6. IN RE ADOPTION OFJ.P., 2011 Ark. 535, Supreme Court of Arkansas, December 15, 2011 (stepparent adoption).
7. KEETON V. ANDERSON-WILEY, No. 10-13925, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, December 16, 2011 (counseling student removed from program for moral objections).
8. A.G.R. V. D.R.H., Docket #FD-09-001838-07, Superior Court of New Jersey Hudson Vicinage, December 13, 2011 (custody dispute from surrogacy arrangement).
9. IN THE MATTER OF Q, [2011] EWCA Civ 1610, England & Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division), December 21, 2011 (adoption of child born as result of affair).
10. LOWY V. LOWY, A-0472-10T4, New Jersey Appellate Division, December 21, 2011 (constitutionality of mandated get).
11. T.M.H. V. D.M.T., Case No. 5D09-3559, Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District, December 23, 2011 (parentage claim for two mothers).
12. IN THE INTEREST OF S.N.V., No. 10CA1302, Colorado Court of Appeals, December 22, 2011 (presumption of maternity in adultery).
13. Recent Law Review Articles (topics: Jewish marriage law, marriage in public schools, presumption of parentage, Islamic marriage law, Proposition 8).
14. News Stories (topics: alienation of affections)
15. Legislation (topics: weddings by military chaplains)

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British Columbia: The Case Against Polygamy

The recent polygamy trial in British Columbia brought together a group of distinguished scholars to document harms of polygamy, including Joseph Henrich, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia, Rose McDermott, a political science professor at Brown University, Shoshana Grossard, an economics professor at San Diego State University, Rebecca Cook, a law professor at the University of Toronto, Dena Hassouneh, a nursing professor at Oregon Health & Sciences University, and Susan Stickevers, a medical doctor at the Stony Brook University Medical Center. The judge's ruling thus offers quick access to the empirical Case Against Polygamy, which this brief summarizes.