ABOUT THE MORMONS AND ONE MAN/ONE WOMAN MARRIAGE
Isn’t it curious that the Mormon Church would be so concerned about the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman that it would expend resources on ballot initiatives to that effect, and/or direct its congregations to do so? After all, when the polygamous history of the Mormon Church is examined, along with the fact that the practice continues even now, the Mormons don’t seem the best front for the one man/one woman marriage argument.
Recently deceased Mormon leader Gordon Hinckley admitted on Larry King Live a few years ago that a small percentage of Mormons still continue polygamy. Even a cursory review of Mormon doctrine will show the belief in polygamy in church doctrine. Polygamy, or the principle of plural marriage, was first introduced by Joseph Smith to a few associates in the spring of 1841. He believed and explained that he believed plural marriage to be a divine requirement. Brigham Young was perhaps the most famous polygamist of the early American church, marrying a total of 55 wives.
And after the revelations that exposed the polygamous cartel/activities in Colorado City, Arizona and Hillside, Utah, of the Fundamentalist LDS, we can all only wonder: Where was the Mormon Church’s moral outrage for all these years while very young girls were married off to much older men who built harems, and even ordered these girls to change husbands when some of the men fell into disfavor with the church “leadership.” These girls were removed from public education and forced in their early teens to submit.
Further, even some of the young men and boys, who had been forced out of these same communities because they were the natural rivals to the patriarchs raping these young girls, were sexually abused. These “lost boys” often found their way to Salt Lake City and other parts of Utah. What happened to them is not a secret.
Isn’t it curious that the Mormon Church would be so concerned about the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman that it would expend resources on ballot initiatives to that effect, and/or direct its congregations to do so? After all, when the polygamous history of the Mormon Church is examined, along with the fact that the practice continues even now, the Mormons don’t seem the best front for the one man/one woman marriage argument.
Recently deceased Mormon leader Gordon Hinckley admitted on Larry King Live a few years ago that a small percentage of Mormons still continue polygamy. Even a cursory review of Mormon doctrine will show the belief in polygamy in church doctrine. Polygamy, or the principle of plural marriage, was first introduced by Joseph Smith to a few associates in the spring of 1841. He believed and explained that he believed plural marriage to be a divine requirement. Brigham Young was perhaps the most famous polygamist of the early American church, marrying a total of 55 wives.
And after the revelations that exposed the polygamous cartel/activities in Colorado City, Arizona and Hillside, Utah, of the Fundamentalist LDS, we can all only wonder: Where was the Mormon Church’s moral outrage for all these years while very young girls were married off to much older men who built harems, and even ordered these girls to change husbands when some of the men fell into disfavor with the church “leadership.” These girls were removed from public education and forced in their early teens to submit.
Further, even some of the young men and boys, who had been forced out of these same communities because they were the natural rivals to the patriarchs raping these young girls, were sexually abused. These “lost boys” often found their way to Salt Lake City and other parts of Utah. What happened to them is not a secret.