Tiger King: Alternative Polygamous Relationships Not Contemplated by Justice Bauman
In Canada, polygamy remains a crime, B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Bauman ruled in the 2011 Reference re s. 293 of Criminal Code case. To arrive at his decision, Justice Bauman applied the Oakes test which resulted in a finding that s. 293 of the Criminal Code, which makes polygamy a criminal offence, violates the religious freedom of fundamentalist Mormons. However, the potential for harms against women and children was found to far outweigh that concern.
