Community Chat

[Tootie15]

I agree, Janelle seems to be the only sensible one there. Meri and Robyn are whiners and cry babies ... and there is just something about Christine, I can't put my finger on it, but .....

[Baylie]

Janelle is definitely my favorite. I think she is too good for the rest of them! To me Robyn is the most annoying (always whining and complaining about something) followed closely by Meri. I think I am done with that show.

[pattypeep]

Did Kody adopt Dayton? They referred to him as Robyn and Kody's son, but he cannot be Kody's biological son. I heard a few years ago that Robyn's xhub didn't want his and Robyn's kids on the show. Anybody know? TIA

[SStar]

MomOf4 ~ In Utah plogamy is legal. I just don't understand it and why? If they want to marry cousins and brothers they'll have plenty to choose from. I don't really care where they are now. Blech!

[september]

SStar..I think the word you were trying to use is polygamy. Now that you know how to spell it, why don't you google it..and you'll learn that is is NOT legal in Utah.

[Financialgrl]

I've not watched this show for years. Last I watched it they had all just moved into their McMansions in Vegas. When they lived in Utah all in one huge house it was a cohesive family. All but one of the women worked and the one that stayed home watched all the young ones not school age. Kody was some sort of salesman at the time. They uproot the family and last I watched they'd turned into a bunch of lazy whiny women.

The problem I see with all these shows (the Duggars are another) is that day in and day out its the same old stuff and after year one its boring so TLC has to manufacture drama and it looks staged/rehearsed.

[sophiamarie]

On 1/6/2015 september said: SStar..I think the word you were trying to use is polygamy. Now that you know how to spell it, why don't you google it..and you'll learn that is is NOT legal in Utah.

I believe plogomy is legal in Utah and if it isn't, it should be.

[BeckiWV]

My understanding is that multiple marriages (i.e. having more than one state issued marriage license) is not legal in Utah. However, it is now legal in Utah to "cohabit" or live with one more than one woman ("wife") as in the practice of polygamy as part of one's religion. See excerpt below.

Utah, I think, had previously been after the Browns for cohabitating as one big family (hence the move to Nevada), but since the decision excerpted below, they will not now attempt to prosecute them and they could return and live in Utah if they so desired.

However, Kody still could not go to Utah and legally marry all of his "wives." I believe Meri is still his only legal wife.

Excerpt from New York Times 12/14/2013:

Judge Clark Waddoups of United States District Court in Utah ruled late Friday that part of the state’s law prohibiting “cohabitation” — the language used in the law to restrict polygamous relationships — violates the First Amendment guarantee of free exercise of religion, as well as constitutional due process.

He left standing the state’s ability to prohibit multiple marriages “in the literal sense” of having two or more valid marriage licenses.

[deeva]

I thought the reason for picking four homesites next to each other was to rekindle the family bond. But now, the wives seem more distant than ever. I really think that Robyn has caused a major rift in the family. The only happy family member is Kody. He gets everything he wants while the wives deal with ongoing jealousy.

I could see Janelle leaving for good.

[Peaches McPhee]

On 1/7/2015 sophiamarie said:

On 1/6/2015 september said: SStar..I think the word you were trying to use is polygamy. Now that you know how to spell it, why don't you google it..and you'll learn that is is NOT legal in Utah.

I believe plogomy is legal in Utah and if it isn't, it should be.

It is not legal. That is why they left Utah and moved to Nevada -- Utah was reportedly going to prosecute them for polygamy.

(Why, yes, I do watch this show!)