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children by those lovers, you can even have adulterous lovers, and you're 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 doesn't deserve constitutional protection any more than human sacrifice, which they considered to be comparable. but this is the same court that banned interracial marriage. so should polygamy be reconsidered too?...

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 they're 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 you're 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 ...