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‘You can’t have’ marriage equality ‘without polygamy’

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Motivated by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing homosexual “marriage,” a Montana polygamist has filed for a second marriage license, so he can be legally wed to two women at once. "It's about marriage equality," said Nathan Collier, using homosexual advocates’ term to support marriage redefinition. "You can't have this without polygamy." Collier, who has has appeared on the TLC reality show Sister Wives with his legal wife Victoria, and his second wife Christine, said he was inspired by the dissent in the Supreme Court decision. The minority Supreme Court justices said in Friday’s ruling it would open the door to both polygamy and religious persecution. “It is striking how much of the majority’s reasoning would apply with equal force to the claim of a fundamental right to plural marriage,” wrote Chief Justice John Roberts . Collier and his wives applied for a second marriage license earlier this week at the Yellowstone County Courthouse in B