The law tolerates religious plural marriage only until it harms minors

Evidence

But, to this day, some religious groups just go too far. The FLDS Church, the largest fundamentalist Mormon denomination, has thousands of members, many of whom live in communities on the Utah-​Arizona border. The church practices plural marriage; men take multiple wives. And this was tolerated, uneasily, for a time. All that ended, though, in the early 2000s when law enforcement began investigating, and eventually convict­ ing, many of the men in the church, including its leader Warren Jeffs, for various crimes involving sexual contact with minors. The law tolerates religious diversity, but only up to a point. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 1426

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Courts exempt religious minorities whose values echo mainstream culture — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 1423; US law limits parental religious authority where children would be harmed — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 10844; Religious liberty does not extend to imposing non-consensual harm on children — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 7789 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• US law limits parental religious authority where children would be harmed #corroborates (0.92) — , The Rod and the Child, 10844
• Religious liberty does not extend to imposing non-consensual harm on children #corroborates (0.88) — , The Rod and the Child, 7789
• Parental religious conviction does not override children’s bodily autonomy. #corroborates (0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 9371
• Children constitute a political constituency constitutionally unable to enforce their own rights #complicates (0.75) — , The Rod and the Child, 10130