Polygamy is illegal in Canada but to date no one has been arrested or faced the consequences for being in a polygamist relationship. This inaction has led to no enforcement of the law. Such policies allow polygamist families to legally enter Canada by declaring the first wife as the legal wife and the second, third and fourth “wives” as dependents along with their children. Young girls are pushed in polygamy relationships by the leaders of their parents’ religion. A wave of women involved in polygamy fled from Bountiful (BC) and presented their case publicly. Books and articles were written by these brave women. They disused the effects of polygamy on their lives and their children, they talked about women’s oppression, sexual abuse and of men’s aggression towards young girls. They described child sexual abuse masquerading as a marriage and child trafficking for the purpose of marriage. Some courageous women went even further and discussed the effects of polygamy in society at large. Sadly no law enforcement was involved in any of these cases, even though Act 293 was present on the law books.
Now after all the reports by these women bringing attention to the plight of being caught in a polygamy relationship, and after all the evidence of injustice, discrimination and abuse, something is actually happening. But not for women and children who have suffered in polygamy relationships, not for the ones who put their lives in danger by presenting their cases to media. Instead the situation allows for further victimization of women and compromising women’s right for the sake of religious rights. This is a disgrace to humanity.
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Hi, for what its worth, and I have posted this in as many places that I know of! The Government is  having an Inquiry into Multiculturalism in Australia!
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Watch the crystal swinging back and forth, and see the magic unicorn appear.

Still trying to put the fire out with gasoline:

From the Australian

THE threat of home-grown terrorism could have been far greater if communities had not engaged marginalised young Muslims vulnerable to violent ideologies, according to a community leader.

Hass Dellal, executive director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation, also said that while governments spent vast amounts of money on intelligence and weapons in a bid to combat terrorism in Australia, the real change needed to happen at a community level.

The AMF is one of a number of community groups throughout Australia that have received grants under the federal government’s $1.1 million Building Community Resilience program, part of a $9.7m investment in counter-radicalisation initiatives.

The need for the program, which targets marginalised Muslim youth at risk of joining extremist groups, arose from the government’s white paper on counter-terrorism, released in February last year.

The Attorney-General’s Department yesterday announced a further round of grants aimed at tackling radical and violent ideologies in the wider community.

Mr Dellal said the AMF would select 16 marginalised young people from around Australia to take part in a leadership program, in which they would learn about public speaking, writing, working with the media and conflict resolution. They would also look at alternate views and interpretations of the Koran so that they can be “steered along the right path”.

“It is really a prevention program to develop their leadership skills and give them the ability to be able to express their views, to form an identity,” he said.

“But it is also about taking them out of the grasp of those who may be spreading ideologies of hate and violence.”

The AMF has already studied how conditions and environment may lead to violent radicalisation and extremism, and has worked with community groups to tackle these problems.

Mr Dellal denied multiculturalism had failed in Australia and said the reason it had worked was because of government policies.

“I think the fact that we don’t remain complacent and we start to address the issues as they arise has served us well as a nation,” Mr Dellal said.

“Multiculture in Australia is really about developing a series of strategies and policies to look in to the future.”