HBO: Big Love
See HBO’s home page for its series Big Love, starring Bill Paxton as a polygamist with three wives. It premiered March 13, 2006.
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“Hmong Refugees Face First Cultural Hurdle”
More than 15,000 ethnic Hmong refugees now living in Thailand are eligible to be resettled in the United States, but their common practice of polygamy raises problems, according to a March 2, 2004, Reuters article posted by the Washington Times.
“Why just have one? An evaluation of the anti-polygamy laws under the Establishment Clause”
Read an article published in the spring 2003 issue of the Houston Law Review on the constitutionality of banning polygamy in the United States.
“History of U.S. Marriage: Polygamy Conflict”
Listen to a March 15, 2004, National Public Radio program about polygamy on All Things Considered.
Religion Bookline
Religion Bookline is a monthly newsletter from PublishersWeekly.com with news, features, columns, reviews, author interviews, market-segment bestseller lists and more.
“Dhammapada: Wisdom of the Buddha”
Read an online English translation of Buddhist text by Harischandra Kaviratna. The site includes illustrations, glossary and appendix. It is sponsored by Theosophical University Press.
“Selections from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh”
“Selections from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh,” posted on the Baha’i World wesbite, gives various Bahá’í texts meant for reading or browsing broken down into writings and topics.
“The Koran”
Read the full electronic text of the Koran, posted by University of Michigan and translated by M.H. Shakir. The site allows users to search Koran through key words, chapters and phrases.
“The Book of Mormon”
Read the full electronic text of the Book of Mormon, posted by University of Michigan and provided by Project Gutenberg. It allows users to search via keywords, individual books or phrases.