Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘Polygamy in Utah’ Category

Orson PrattJournal of Discourses 17:225; “Now, if you want to get into darkness, brethren and sisters, begin to oppose this revelation. Sisters, you begin to say before your husbands, or husbands you begin to say before your wives, “I do not believe in the principle of polygamy, and I intend to instruct my children against it.” Oppose it in this way, and teach your children to do the same, and if you do not become as dark as midnight there is no truth in Mormonism.” – Orson Pratt, Salt Lake City, October 7, 1874

(more…)

Read Full Post »

wedding rings 3From the inception of Mormonism itself there’s been controversy. Joe Smith’s unconventional lifestyle was laden with numerous events the majority of people either never thought of before, or outright shunned.

Ignoring or shunning Smith always brought the same reaction; outrage. If you weren’t supportive of his antics, you were labeled a heretic, or an ‘anti’. Fast forward two hundred years, and the story is pretty much the same, with the exception of one thing. Many church members are now backing off the list of excuses for early Utah polygamy because of historical evidence. (more…)

Read Full Post »

Polygamy in Utah

Tonight I watched the ABC program 20/20 who interviewed a polygamous family in Salt Lake City.  To say that I was appalled would be an understatement.

(more…)

Read Full Post »