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Polygamy, the Natural Law and St. Thomas
The University Concourse - In her lead article last issue Kathleen van Schaijik cites others as citing "adult students" at a theological institute as citing St. Thomas as writing that polygamy is permissible according to the natural law, becaus
http://www.theuniversityconcourse.com/II,2,10-2-1996/Waldstein.htm
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African Woman Leads Crusade Against Polygamy
Reproduced from the New York Times. Tells of an effort to end this traditional rural practice in Ivory Coast, where the economics of hardscrabble farming have long encouraged men to take more than one wife.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/34/015.html
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Accept Polygamy as an African Tradition, WCC Told
ENI - The general secretary of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Densen Mafinyani, has urged the World Council of Churches to stop quibbling over whether an African church which tolerates polygamy should be accepted as a WCC member.
http://www.eni.ch/assembly/0580.html
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Uganda's Parliament to Re-Examine Polygamy
CNN - Sissie Nanyomba and Benna Nakato married the same man in the same month of the same year.
http://www-cgi.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9804/05/uganda.polygamy/
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Polygamy Issue Resolved
Announcement that the question of polygamy and clergy in the Celestial Church of Christ was resolved, and the denomination would be recommended for full World Council of Churches membership.
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/assembly/ejubilee/7-piece5.htm
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Polygamy Not Justified Now
Muslimedia - The verses in the Qur'an concerning polygamy refer primarily to the economic perspective of marriage in Islam.
http://www.muslimedia.com/archives/features98/polygamy.htm
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SC issues notice to SG on Muslim woman's plea against polygamy
PTI - The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the solicitor general of India on a petition filed by Julekhabi, a divorced Muslim woman, seeking a ban on polygamy prevalent in the community.
http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jul/27sc.htm
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Marriage Issues Send my Daughter Wrong Message
USA Today, William Mattox Jr. - As the parents of a teenage daughter who hopes to get married someday, my wife and I not only have a stake in what our daughter is taught about marriage, we have a stake in what other people's sons are taught as well.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2001-08-21-ncguest1.htm
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Polygamy, African Christians and the Anglican Communion
In parts of Africa, the central missionary question is polygamy. The Bible is of course quite clear on the subject. Polygamy is fine in the Old Testament; and even in the New, it is only bishops who are required to be 'the husband of one wife.
http://www.loper.org/~george/trends/1998/Jul/91.html
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Two Homes, Two Families, Two Wives
Christian Science Monitor - Thawabta and about 20 percent of the men in his village, according to local estimates, maintain that the Koran provides the framework for polygamy.
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/08/10/fp12s1-csm.shtml
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