Polygamy Trial Garners International Attention

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(KCPW News) The high profile case of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is drawing international attention. Earlier today the British Broadcasting Corporation interviewed former polygamist wife Anne Wilde from KCPW studios.

"The reason we could make it work is that we all had strong religious commitment that this was a true principle that we should live," says Wilde. "It's not designed for everyone, but it is a religious belief that we're strongly committed to."

Wilde is founder of the pro-polygamy group Principle Voices and member of a fundamentalist Mormon sect. She was in a polygamist marriage for 33 years before her husband's passing. She tells the BBC that jealousy was not a problem among her sister wives:

"I felt so loved by my husband, there was no room for jealousy," says Wilde. "And if you can get this principle out of the bedroom and into the living room and kitchen where most of your life is spent anyway, then you just learn to live your life just like a monogamous family."

Wilde lives in Cottonwood Heights. Testimony in the trial of Warren Jeffs began today in St. George. He is charged not with polygamy, but with arranging the marriage of a minor and therefore committing rape as an accomplice.

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