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Facebook Wedding Photos Result In Polygamy Arrest In Michigan

Posted by timothy on from the polygamy-is-fine-unless-you're-married dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Police in Michigan have arrested 34-year-old Richard Leon Barton Jr. on charges of polygamy, thanks to incriminating wedding photos on Facebook. The man unfriended his first wife on the social network before marrying his second wife, but unsurprisingly that wasn't enough."

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  1. More? by NoobixCube · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blah blah FACEBOOK blah ARREST blah!

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    Admit it. You post strawman arguments as AC so you get modded Insightful for refuting them, rather than Troll
  2. Brothers and sisters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So he unfriended his first wife, but are they still brother and sister?

  3. Re:Why is that a crime? by zAPPzAPP · · Score: 1, Funny

    I bet it has something to do with Michigan.

  4. Re:Why is that a crime? by rust627 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is a crime by law in most western countries and carries it own unique penalty as summed up by Groucho Marx.

    "Do you know what the ultimate penalty for Bigamy is ?

    2 mothers in law......"

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    da da da dum indeed.
  5. Re:I don't get it by stor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reminds me of an old joke:

    Q: What's the punishment for polygamy?

    A: Multiple wives.

    -Stor

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    "Yeah well there's a lot of stuff that should be, but isn't"
  6. Re:Why is that a crime? by lennier1 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Jail? Aren't two sets of in-laws more than enough punishment?

  7. messed it up by sourcerror · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, it's multiple mother-in-laws.