Canada's biggest polygamist, who has 27 wives and 145 children, has said that he does not agree with legalizing polygamy because it could lead to the exploitation of women.
Winston Blackmore, the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group in Canada, is being prosecuted by the Canadian government for polygamy, according to the Salt Lake City Tribune.
The 59-year-old who, was a bishop for the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, told an audience in Salt Lake City on Friday that he doesn't favor the legalization of polygamy.
Canada's biggest polygamist, Winston Blackmore (pictured), 59, who has 27 wives and 145 children, has said he does not want polygamy legalized over fears that it could lead to the exploitation of women
Blackmore (right) was arrested for polygamy in 2007 but those charges were dismissed over concerns how the special prosecutor was selected
He said instead he fears that legalizing it would lead to the exploitation of women.
Blackmore, who has married 27 women and has 145 children, was arrested for polygamy in 2007.
But those charges were later dropped over concerns of how the special prosecutor was selected, the Tribune reported.
