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How is Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon related to Daenerys?

House of the Dragon delves deeper into the story of the Targaryens - whose family tree is complicated by incest and polygamy

Daily Record

Congress is considering making same-sex marriage federal law – a political scientist explains how this issue became less polarized over time

While public opinion and different state laws on abortion rights are sharply dividing the country, there’s growing indication that most people agree on another once-controversial topic – protecting same-sex marriage.

The Conversation

Siege warfare, polygamy and sacrilege: meet history's most outrageous king, Demetrius the Besieger

Alexander the Great was a successful conqueror, but a poor planner. He died without an acceptable heir to inherit the empire, just a soon-to-be-born baby son, and a half-brother not quite up to the task.

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Ivory Coast’s controversial polygamy bill: All you need to know

The bill to make polygyny legal in the West African state has sparked a debate online and offline over women’s rights.

Al Jazeera

Ivorian bill that would legalise polygamy for men earns the ire of women’s groups

A proposed bill at the Ivorian parliament that would legalise polygamy – but only for men – has prompted strong reactions from women's rights advocates, which have dubbed it a step back in the fight for equality. Polygamy is prohibited in many parts of the world but remains widespread in…

France 24

Polygamy, underage ‘wives’, and women treated as ‘chattel’: Inside Warren Jeffs’s Fundamentalist Mormon sect

‘Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey’, a new Netflix documentary, delves into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as a structure of coercive control and systemized abuse. Clémence Michallon reports

The Independent UK

‘Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey’: Engrossing series on Warren Jeffs cult plays out like a horror movie

Four-part Netflix documentary explains how FLDS leaders ran members’ lives, pushed polygamy and forced underage girls into marriage.

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Man marries his three girlfriends in bizarre ceremony after 15 years together

The unusual wedding which involved a three-day tribal ceremony in Madhya Pradesh, India that finished on Sunday, saw the veiled groom dance with his three girlfriends to a chorus sung by guests and daring sword dances

Daily Mirror

Delhi HC seeks Centre’s stand on PIL to declare bigamy, polygamy by Muslim husband unconstitutional

A petitioner, whose husband is stated to be “planning to divorce” her and solemnise another marriage without her consent or making arrangements for her and their child’s maintenance, claimed that bigamy or polygamy by a Muslim husband is permitted under Shariat laws only in exceptional circumstances and ought to be…

The Hindu

Man marrying identical triplets says satisfying the trio is 'no big deal'

Men in Kenya are allowed to marry multiple wives and polygamy is common among traditional and Muslim communities in the country

Daily Mirror

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