Canada Man Charged With Polygamy to Use Gay Marriage Defense
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - AP
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The lawyer for a British Columbia man charged with having 20 wives says he'll use the same-sex marriage law as a defense.
The lawyer, Blair Suffredine, says gays can marry in Canada, so why can't a man have more than one wife. The lawyer says standards have changed.
He's representing 52-year-old Winson Blackmore, leader of a polygamous group in Bountiful, in southeastern British Columbia.
He appeared in court briefly yesterday in Creston and the case was continued to Feb. 18.
Another man from a rival polygamous group in Bountiful, James Oler, also appeared in court, charged with marrying two women. Oler is a follower of Warren Jeffs and a bishop in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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