Family behind ‘Big Love’ comes out from the shadows
Joe Darger sees his unconventional marriage as a loving commitment to family, one that makes him a better man and brings him closer to God.
Utah law, however, sees it as a crime.
That’s because Darger, a 42-year-old construction management consultant who lives outside Salt Lake City, is married to three women — Alina, 42, and 41-year-old twin sisters Vicki and Valerie.They’ve followed the footsteps of their polygamous parents, and they’re passing their independent fundamentalist Mormon faith down to their 24 children. Now they’ve gone public, passing on their story and trying to eliminate a stigma with a new book, “Love Times Three: Our True Story of a Polygamous Marriage.”