Bigamy cases remain relatively rare in the country with only a handful brought each year across the country. Yet, Kevin Michael Taylor, 31, and Sammantha Michelle Bailey, 21, have joined that ignoble roster of with a double bigamy charge. It appears that everything in Double T Trial, North Carolina is . . . well . . . double. Both husband and wife were allegedly married to other people. With the polygamy case unfolding in San Angelo, Texas, it is another example of our struggle with plural marriages.
In Taylor’s case, this was reportedly his fifth marriage (though he may have divorced four) and for Bailey it was her second. That is seven spouses between them — reaching virtual biblical proportions.
Bigamy and polygamy are often used interchangeably. Technically, bigamy is the act of a married person who marries another person. As the root “bi” would indicate, it refers to two spouses where polygamy generally refers to more than two.
I have been a critic of polygamy laws because I believe that consenting adults should be able to choose their lifestyles so long as it does not involve harming children or others. Polygamy is an obnoxious practice to the vast majority of Americans, but it is also a good-faith religious practice to many. Click here.
Yet, my criticism of the controversy in San Angelo, Texas is not due to the illegality issue as much as the question of whether the police had probable cause to raid the compound on the basis of a single call and remove hundreds of children. It is admittedly a close question but it could spin off some very difficult constitutional questions.
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@ Christina Stewart….Contact: Robert Inge in Rowan County. He has won several cases dealing with alienation of affections, etc. He is the man with the plan and the legal experience.
I guess in the end I am asking what should I do. -Dee
I’m not a lawyer, but my best guess would be the following:
Divorce her… or have her divorce the other guy. Having said this, if you married her and she didn’t tell you about the prior marriage… I would run like hell…
But this isn’t legal advice… or advice at all…
About advice…. there’s a saying that I like: Never give advice. The wise don’t need it… and fools won’t heed it.
I am married to a woman who is currently married to another man. The thing about it is she married the guy in Cumberland County ( Fayetteville, NC ) and I married her in the same county. How do that work? What is a marriage license for? I guess in the end I am asking what should I do. Do my marriage even count?
i live in rowan county i am married and my husband married someone in florida and the state attorney of nc will do nothing and the county will do nothing so the way i see it i will be contacting the news people and telling how they dont find this important i still have all my husbands belongings and we arent even legally seperated they tell me to hire an attorney which i do not have the money for and he just gets away with it nc is shitty to people when it comes to abiding by theyre own rules
BIGAMY
MY HUSBAND GOT MARRIED WHILE STILL MARRIED TO ME AND I TOOK BOTH CERT’S TO THE POLICE AND THEN KNOW THE WOMAN AND THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.
NOW SINCE I CONTACTED HER AND TOLD HER THAT WE NEVER GOT A DIVORCE SHE MADE HIM GE THE DIVORCED AND I WANT SOME ACTION ON THIS MATTER.
i LIVE IN fAYETTEVILLE, nc
I BEEN MARRIED FOR 17 YRS AND I GOT NO KIND OF SUPPORT WHAT SO EVER.
I NEED A LAWYER AND I CAN MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO HIM
SHE WORKS FOR DSS AND SHE GOT INTO MY FILES TO GET MY ADDRESS AND I DONT EVEN LIVE THAT COUNTRY.
I NEED A LAWYER FOR FALSE ARRESST AS WELL.
There doesn’t seem to be any logical reason that people would not be sexually attracted to and/or deeply love more than one person (unless you’re new age, in which case the person you should love is yourself, everyone else really doesn’t matter!).
The problem for me arises in the religious/social context of this “choice”. If your religion tells women they are to be subservient to men, that women must obey men or go to hell, then how much consent is involved in plural marriage? (Notice also that plural marriage is not women with multiple husbands but only men with multiple wives.)
Many girls and boys are raised in closed religious communities to believe the above is inherent truth. They are not allowed access to even minimal education, let alone ideas that challenge the idea of women’s subservience to men. There is also the forced confinment of women and girls, along with the forced expulsion of young men who are seen as threats to the older men in charge.
Some belief systems “require” sex with a virgin to cure the man of aids. Many religions demand the virginity of women as a requisite of marriage. Where marriage is one of the best, or only options for survival, how does this translate into consent?
I am certain it never translates into consent for children, but I also think there are many cases where there is no real consent for adult women.
If children and adults are not given information that makes their religion transparant (ie: there are others ways of thinking about the world) and they are physically/psychologically being threatened then how is this choice?
I’m certain that consenting adults can choose non-abusive polyamourous relationships. I don’t think it can be a choice in religious circumstances where no questioning of that religion is allowed.
If you click on the link to the news story the headline reads:
LIVE: POPE ARRIVES IN U.S.
COUPLE CHARGED WITH HAVING TWO SPOUSES.
Coincidence? I think not!
This story is ripe for speculation. Maybe he is just a smooth talking con man and she has emotional issues. Either way there is probably a tornado magnet involved.
They maybe look just a little bitty bit like brother and sis to me.