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children by those lovers, you can even have adulterous lovers, and youre protected as a citizen of the united states. but the minute you tell them privately that you view them as spiritual spouses, the state comes in and prosecutes you. >> reporter: the law banning polygamy dates back to a supreme court decision in 1879. the court said it may be a religious practice bus it doesnt deserve constitutional protection any more than human sacrifice, which they considered to be comparable. bu...

constitutional attorney who is not a polygamist is set to ask the federal courts to decriminalize the practice. his argument in the browns are cocoenting adults living out their faith and theyre not hurting anybody. >> right now we live in a bizarre e tuation where everyone agrees that you can have multiple lovers, you can have children by those lovers, you can even have adulterous lovers, and youre protected as a citizen of the united states. but the minute you tell them privately tha...