Canadian high court bans polygamous group from using name of mainstream Mormon church
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The Supreme Court in the Canadian province of British Columbia has banned a polygamous group from using the name of the mainstream Mormon church.
The order issued Monday prohibits a small polygamist group run by Winston Blackmore from using the Utah-based church's official name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It also forbids the sect from using "Latter-day Saints," ''Mormon" or any other name that creates confusion.
Eric Hawkins, LDS spokesman, says the church is pleased with the decision that protects its interests and reduces confusion.
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Blackmore's attorney wasn't immediately available for comment.
Blackmore's group resides in the community of Bountiful, near the town of Creston that's just over the border from Idaho. His members follow a fundamentalist form of Mormonism that, unlike the mainstream church, still condones polygamy.