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In article <1993Jan28.140523.24357@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rwd4f@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Rob Dobson) writes:
>
>This story is absolutely true, insomuch as anything in the newspapers
>is true. if you dont believe me, go find the Washington post, 1/27/93,
>D1.
>
>So it turns out that theres this preacher down in the small southern
>virginia town of martinsville. his name, if memory serves me, is elwood
>something. and he has just marrieda 16 year old girl while still retaingin
>his older wife, because god told him it was ok.
>
>elwood likes to read the portions of the bible about polygamy during his
>sermons. he notes that while it is ok for a 'prophet' to take many wives
>it is not ok for a woman to take many husbands. elwood says his first wife
>janice (who is about his age) does not object to the situation, but
>she was hospitalized for 'nerves' for a week after first hearing the
>news.
>
>but wait, you say. bigamy is illegal. where, there's the tricky part;
>elwood did not perform a legal marraige on himself and the 16yr old.
>instead, he just proclaimed them 'married in the eyes of god', and
>proceeded to do the nasty with her, guilt free. (o yeah, i forgot,
>he's "in love" with her too)
>
>so the prosecutors of this small, god fearing town are in a bind. its
>not illegal to fuck a 16 yr old. its not illegal to perform a non-
>binding marraige on yourself when youre already married either. so
>they are going to prosecute him (maybe) under a 1877 law which 
>forbids having sex with a 15-17yr old virgin under the false
>promise of marraige. as you may guess, this law has not been used
>much lately.
>
The preacher wasn't a Reverend Dobson by any chance was it?

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