VANCOUVER - A number of groups have applied for intervener status in a constitutional test case aimed at clarifying whether or not polygamy is a crime.
There are 13 applications from 16 groups and individuals in the B.C. case, including the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children and the Canadian Association for Free Expression.
B.C.'s attorney general launched the reference case after polygamy charges were dropped last October against the two leaders of a polygamous sect in the community of Bountiful, B.C.
The leaders, Winston Blackmore and James Oler, members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have also applied to intervene in the B.C. Supreme Court case.
Other groups seeking status include the Christian Legal Fellowship, the B.C. Teachers' Federation, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, and Nancy Mereska, founder of the group Stop Polygamy in Canada.
Thursday was the deadline for such applications. Chief Justice Robert Bauman has yet to review them.
Religious, childrens, civil rights groups apply to intervene in BC polygamy case
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