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- 1 2 3 4 Utah Attorney General's Office and Arizona Attorney General's Office. The Primer, Helping Victims of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse in Polygamous Communities Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine :Fundamentalist Mormon Communities. Updated June 2006. Pages 11-22.
- ↑ Utah Attorney General's Office and Arizona Attorney General's Office. The Primer, Helping Victims of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse in Polygamous Communities Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . Updated June 2006. Page 23.
- 1 2 Perrin, Dave, Palmer, Debbie (2004). Keep Sweet:Children of Polygamy. Dave's Press Inc. pp. x–xv. ISBN 0-9687943-3-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Religious Tolerance. "Polygyny in Bountiful, British Columbia, Canada" . Retrieved 2007-08-09.
- ↑ "LDS Church wins, Canadian polygamist loses in fight for 'Mormon' name". Salt Lake Tribune. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
Finally giving up the fight, Blackmore has agreed to change his group's corporate name to the "Church of Jesus Christ (Original Doctrine) Inc.