Bigamist Judge Walter Steed

Meet Walter Steed:

- Judge
- Husband
- Husband, and...
- Husband.

That's right. Steed the Stud has three wives... who are sisters. He likes it that way and supposes he can do his job just fine, despite the fact that he is breaking the laws he swore to uphold.

Utah's Judicial Conduct Commission placed their flare for the obvious on the line by finding him to be a bigamist; however, studly Steed is not being placed on administrative leave. Apparently, third-degree felonies punishable by up to 5 years of milk and cookies and the local country club (ok, so they call it "prison"... I call it what it is) are not enough to remove a judge from the bench.

I guess it's all ok, though, because the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints (a Mormon break-away sect) says it's ok - and Utah is not the boss of them!

A-yep. If you kin gitcherself a reelijin t' say "m'kay," den you gots no worryin t' do... 'ts all good.

A-no.

We are a nation of laws for a reason. We don't pick and choose what laws to follow when and if we want, and people who choose to break our laws must be subject to the penalties for breaking those laws.

Steed suggests he can still do his job despite his disregard for the law, and wants to know why he should be removed as long as he can do his job.

"Can?" Try "May." Anyone "can" do their job after robbing the local kwik-e-mart, beating their wives and step-children, or firing up a joint, but that doesn't mean they should get to stay on the job. What they "may" not do is break the law simply because their religion says it's ok.

Think I'm full of it? Stick to those guns when Usama bin Rapin' moves next door to your house and takes a liking to your 13-year old daughter who he thinks is meant to be one of his 72 virgins. His religion told him it's ok.

If you don't like our laws, then work to change them - through your LEGISLATOR, not your judge. And if you are a judge, you don't get to legislate from the bench and you DON'T get to pack your three wives into the car for the family vacation. Defend our laws or get off the friggin' bench!

Meanwhile, the Utah Attorney General and Washington County Prosecutor both decline to prosecute Steed. These two need to go down for some kind of Accessory crime. Period.

Steed is free to go on expressing his religious beliefs, but breaking the law comes with a price.

It's time for Steed to pay.