M. Watson #1 October 15th, 2010 No. $-097767 Vancouver Registry IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN THE MATTER OF: THE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION ACT, R.S.B.C. 1986, c. 68 AND IN THE MATTER OF: THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS. AND IN THE MATTER OF: A REFERENCE BY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL SET OUT INORDER IN COUNCIL NO. 533 DATED OCTOBER 22, 2009 CONCERNING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF S. 293 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF CANADA, RS.C. 1985, ¢. C-46 AFFIDAVIT #1 oF MARIANNE T. WATSON I, Marianne T. Watson, independent genealogist and historian, of Lehi, Utah, MAKE OATH AND SAY AS FOLLOWS: 1, Taman independent Fundamentalist Mormon and polygamist. Iam a founding Director of Principle Voices. Principle Voices is a non-profit (pending 501c3 status) education and advocacy organization, the mission of which is to (1) educate others about polygamous families and their culture, to (2) encourage empowerment of individuals and families from the polygamous culture, and to (3) provide ctisis referrals and response to those in the culture. I am also the co-author of Voices in Harmony: Contemporary Women Celebrate Plural Marriage. 2. Iwas bom in Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, and grew up in Salt Lake and Utah Counties in Utah. 3. Tam currently 52 years of age.4. graduated from Lehi High School in 1975; I graduated with a 1-year certificate in Secretarial Studies from LDS Business College in Salt Lake City, Utah, in June 1976. I ‘earned an Associate Degree in General Studies from Salt Lake Community College in ‘May 2001. I graduated May 2003 from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a double minor in Spanish and Latin American History. 5. Ihave been retained by Amicus Curiae to provide my expert opinion on the practice of religiously-motivated polygamy and the experiences of practitioners. 6. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” to this my Affidavit is a true copy of my paper titled, “Celebrating Plural Marriage in the Twenty-First Century” which I presented on January 23, 2010, at the first Mormon Studies Conference in Brazil held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in which I set out my true opinion on the issues addressed therein, That report also sets out in more detail my own experience in being raised in polygamy and choosing polygamy for myself as an adult. 7. Teertify that I: am aware that in giving my opinion to the Court, I have a duty to assist the Court. and am not to be an advocate for any party; have made this Affidavit in conformity with that duty €. will, ifcalled on to give oral or further written testimony, give that testimony in conformity with that duty. th rey es SWORN BEFORE ME at [city], Utah, this DR day of October, 2010. MARIANNE T. WATSON ‘A Commissioner for taking Affidavits in the State of Utah. enennend blo. Ines + OP Wee [775 Worth My Commission expires hem, ATPYOYS aly l 2013 ;No. $-097767Vancouver Registry IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN THE MATTER OF: ‘THE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION ACT, R.S.B.C. 1986, c. 68 AND IN THE MATTER OF: THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AND IN THE MATTER OF: A REFERENCE BY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL SET OUT IN ORDER IN COUNCIL NO. 533 DATED OCTOBER 22, 2009 CONCERNING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF S. 293 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF CANADA, RS.C. 1985, ¢. C-46 AFFIDAVIT #1 oF MARIANNE T. WATSON TAD/Is File No.: 00574-0120 FARRIS, VAUGHAN, WILLS & MURPHY LLP Barristers & Solicitors2600 — 700 West Georgia StreetVancouver, B.C. V7Y 1B3Telephone: (604) 684-9151