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" The stars of Sister Wives will file a legal challenge to Utah&amp;#039;s statewide ban on bigamy. Kody Brown and his four wives Meri, Christine, Robyn and Janelle plan to launch a bid in US District Court to protest current laws that make bigamy a third-degree felony. The Brown family practice plural marriage in accordance with their religious beliefs. The Browns were forced to leave Utah in January when the state opened a criminal investigation against them, but no charges were ever filed. Their lawyer Jonathan Turley will not ask for bigamy to be legalised in the state of Utah, but will instead argue that citizens simply shouldn&amp;#039;t be prosecuted for their private relationships. Turley wrote on his blog: &amp;quot;We believe that this case represents the strongest factual and legal basis for a challenge to the criminalisation of polygamy ever filed in the federal courts. We are not demanding the recognition of polygamous marriage.  &amp;quot;We are only challenging the right of the state to prosecute people for their private relations and demanding equal treatment with other citizens in living their lives according to their own beliefs.&amp;quot; Kody explained that his family decided to sue the state in hopes of ending discrimination against those involved in bigamous and polygamous relationships. &amp;quot;There are tens of thousands of plural families in Utah and other states. We are one of those families. We only wish to live our private lives according to our beliefs,&amp;quot; Kody said. &amp;quot;While we understand that this may be a long struggle in court, it has already been a long struggle for my family and other plural families to end the stereotypes and unfair treatment given consensual polygamy.&amp;quot; A spokesperson for the Utah attorney general told The AP that the state is prepared to defend its stance against bigamy. Kody and Robin Brown announced in April that they are expecting their first child together. Watch the stars of Sister Wives discuss their lifestyle during an interview with Ellen DeGeneres below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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