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Title: Man Accused Of Having Two Wives
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Click On Detroit
URL Source: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4248185/detail.html
Published: Mar 3, 2005
Author: Click On Detroit
Post Date: 2005-03-03 13:39:12 by crack monkey
Keywords: Accused, Having, Wives
Views: 1569
Comments: 57
Local Man Accused Of Having Two Wives Suspect Could Be Charged With Four-Year Felony POSTED: 6:30 pm EST March 2, 2005 UPDATED: 7:10 pm EST March 2, 2005 A local man faces charges after it was discovered that he apparently has two wives, Local 4 reported. Devorah Brooks said she married Randy Brooks (pictured, left) in Ohio in 1995. "(There was) a lot of lying, a lot of manipulating," Brooks said. "He was messing around when we got married and he just kept going. He never stopped." Video: Woman Discovers Husband Has Second Wife But Brooks told Local 4 although she and her husband had problems, she never expected to hear that he was married to a second woman. "I was shocked; she was shocked," Brooks said. Randy Brooks apparently married his second wife at a Ferndale church in December, the station reported. A man accused of having two wives sent teddy bears to his first wife each time he betrayed her, she said. Local 4 learned that in addition to his two wives, Brooks has three four children with three different women. His second wife is also pregnant, according to the station's reports. Devorah Brooks said her husband owes her several years of back child support payments. A mountain of stuffed teddy bears in her home represents the difficulties in their marriage, the station reported. Brooks said each time her husband betrayed her, she was given a teddy bear and an apology, the station reported. "You can't keep doing wrong to people and expect nothing to happen to you," she said. Randy Brooks is now facing a felony polygamy charge, which is punishable by up to four years in prison. Local 4 attempted to contact Brooks and his attorney, but the phone calls were not returned. Brooks' second wife also did not want to discuss the possible charges against her husband. Copyright 2005 by ClickOnDetroit.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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#3. To: crack monkey (#0)
Can we charge her with felony stupidity for putting up with his philandering for so long?
i don't the state should have any say so in this. marriage is supposed to be a private contract.
What sort of private contract? Would the two of them hold hands and jumping over a rope satisfy a private contract?
if that's what the two individuals agree to going in, why not?
For starters, there isn't much protection for the woman without the marriage contract.
What makes you think a woman needs, or deserves, any more protection than she is willing to contractually negotiate for before agreeing to hitch herself to a spouse?
Yeah, we are past the stage where men are supposed to look after women, aren't we?
There's no reason for a man to be bound to provide support for a woman beyond that which they mutually agreed to at the start of the union. None whatsoever.
What about the children, if any?
If children are going to be a byproduct of the marital union, then it would behoove both parties to spell out the details of custody and support in advance of entering into the union. After all, as has been thoroughly demonstrated, leaving it for the government to define is the worst for all parties.
Ok, I am convinced. Equal opportunity and equality for all.
How about plain old justice and respect for individual rights?
If you expect to find those things, you need to go to another planet.
I may never achieve them, but so long as I hold them as the ideal, there exists the opportunity to move toward them. I shall not surrender to the mongrel hoardes.
#32. To: Mr Nuke Buzzcut (#31)
You had better watch those windmills. Those arms can be dangerous.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestA mountain of stuffed teddy bears in her home represents the difficulties in their marriage, the station reported. Brooks said each time her husband betrayed her, she was given a teddy bear and an apology, the station reported.
#4. To: Mr Nuke Buzzcut (#3)
#9. To: christine (#4)
#12. To: Don (#9)
#13. To: christine (#12)
#15. To: Don (#13)
For starters, there isn't much protection for the woman without the marriage contract.
#17. To: Mr Nuke Buzzcut (#15)
What makes you think a woman needs, or deserves, any more protection than she is willing to contractually negotiate for before agreeing to hitch herself to a spouse?
#19. To: Don (#17)
Yeah, we are past the stage where men are supposed to look after women, aren't we?
#20. To: Mr Nuke Buzzcut (#19)
#22. To: Don (#20)
What about the children, if any?
#24. To: Mr Nuke Buzzcut (#22)
#26. To: Don (#24)
Ok, I am convinced. Equal opportunity and equality for all.
#29. To: Mr Nuke Buzzcut (#26)
How about plain old justice and respect for individual rights?
#31. To: Don (#29)
If you expect to find those things, you need to go to another planet.
Replies to Comment # 31. I shall not surrender to the mongrel hoardes.
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