une ▁stated ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁there ▁were ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ 3 7 , 0 0 0 ▁fundamental ists ▁with ▁less ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁them ▁living ▁in ▁pol yg am ous ▁households . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 3 ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁US ▁Federal ▁Judge ▁Clark ▁W add oups ▁ruled ▁in ▁Brown ▁v . ▁Bu h man ▁that ▁the ▁port ions ▁of ▁Ut ah ' s ▁anti - pol yg amy ▁laws ▁which ▁prohib it ▁multiple ▁coh ab itation ▁were ▁un const itution al , ▁but ▁also ▁allowed ▁Ut ah ▁to ▁maintain ▁its ▁ban ▁on ▁multiple ▁marriage ▁lic enses . ▁Un law ful ▁coh ab itation , ▁where ▁pro sec utors ▁did ▁not ▁need ▁to ▁prove ▁that ▁a ▁marriage ▁ceremony ▁had ▁taken ▁place ▁( only ▁that ▁a ▁couple ▁had ▁lived ▁together ), ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁primary ▁tool ▁used ▁to ▁pro sec ute ▁pol yg amy ▁in ▁Ut ah ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 2 ▁Edmund s ▁Act . ▁ ▁M orm on ▁fundamental ism ▁The ▁Council ▁of ▁Fri ends ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁W ool ley ▁Group ▁and ▁the ▁Pri est hood ▁Council ) ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁expressions ▁of ▁M orm on ▁fundamental ism , ▁having ▁its ▁orig ins ▁in ▁the ▁teach ings ▁of ▁Lor in ▁C . ▁W ool ley , ▁a ▁da iry ▁far mer ▁ex communic ated ▁from ▁the ▁L DS ▁Church ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 . ▁Several ▁M orm on ▁fundamental ist ▁groups ▁claim ▁line age ▁through