"The homes in Centennial Park are just these enormous, palatial houses. Ruth, another Centennial Park resident, takes Lisa on a tour inside a 30,000-square-foot mansion with three levels, three wings and 33 bedrooms. Pictured here is Richard's house, who has three wives. Centennial Park, Arizona, is home to approximately 1,500 people. But I feel like I should have the right to live this way when this is a world of such alternative lifestyles," Valerie says.Īfter two weeks of negotiating, Lisa Ling and The Oprah Show crew were granted entrance into one of the most exclusive polygamist communities in the country. Not necessarily legalized because I don't think necessarily that it should be for everyone. Instead of hiding in fear, Valerie wishes she could live her life openly. But if they choose to have a mistress, then there's a blind eye or a wink, and that's really unfair in this society." "Utah law is really absurd, because if a man were to live with another woman besides his wife and then call her a wife and support her children, that's criminal and they can get zero to five years for that. "It's too much of a risk for him," Valerie says. That's just a label I put on myself."Īlthough Valerie is open about her plural family, her husband would not appear on camera. "I call myself his spouse but legally I am not. Valerie says she considers herself the third wife although she and her husband are not legally married.
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