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| | Polygamy FAQ |
 | | Polygamy was lived secretly in the LDS church from about 1831 to 1852. | | | Polygamy was lived openly from 1852 to 1890 by the LDS church in Utah. | | | So for the time being, the largest Mormon sect, the LDS church, has decided it is more important to live the laws of the land than those of God. |
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http://www.absalom.com/mormon/polygamy/faq.htm
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| | Utah History Encyclopedia |
| | Polygamy was not openly practiced in the Mormon Church until 1852 when Orson Pratt, an apostle, made a public speech defending it as a tenet of the church. | | | The Mormons continued to practice polygamy despite these laws, since they believed that the practice were protected by the freedom of religion clause in the Bill of Rights. | | | As they were discovered by the LDS Church, they were excommunicated. |
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http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/p/POLYGAMY.html
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| | POLYGAMY |
| | Polygamy is not commanded in the Scriptures except in a certain circumstance. | | | In reading the article on the site above it is hard to believe the practice of polygamy was ever intended to be done away by the founders of the LDS Church. | | | I now have to question the stand taken by the LDS Church. |
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http://coohmp.homestead.com/POLYGAMY.html
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| | Polygamy |
| | As was explained, this would make a mockery of the true "as it was in the beginning" with one man and one women in a vowed covenant marriage. | | | A man that "justifies" polygamy from the Bible has put himself unknowingly in a very awkward theological position, and is already on a wrong premise. | | | This is only possible if he can somehow "undo" his vows that he already made to his wife, to God, and many witnesses, to love and cherish his one and only wife "until death do us part". |
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http://bibletruths.150m.com/Polygamy.htm
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| | Polygamists in the Bible -- Directory - Biblical Polygamy . com |
| | This list does not include those polygamists who are indeed in the Bible, but of whose polygamy cannot be verified by the Bible itself. | | | This list includes both holy and unholy men in the Bible in which there appears to be an occurence of polygamy. | | | This list is intended to include all polygamists to be found in the Bible, as verifiable by the Bible itself. |
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http://www.biblicalpolygamy.com/polygamists
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| | Polygamy |
| | Neither was polygamy in the East introduced by Islam, nor its prohibition in the West in any way related to the religion of Christ. | | | Anyhow, the second reform which Islam introduced in the domain of polygamy was the abolition of discrimination between the wives and between their children. | | | Vol.1, says that the ecclesiastics of the Middle Ages believed that polygamy was an invention of the Prophet of Islam, whereas this is not a fact. |
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http://www.al-islam.org/WomanRights/11.htm
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| | Polygamy: Debatabase - Debate Topics and Debate Motions |
| | Apart from these Islamic examples, polygamy does continue in some African societies but is more generally â“ although incorrectly â“ seen as a practice of Mormons.In the 1840âs, Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, approved the practice of polygamy. | | | Hierarchy within a family structure will emerge, with a âhead wifeâ dominating over her rivals: this is at the root of religious polygamy, being seen in Sarahâs domination over Abrahamâs other wives in the Bible. | | | For more than a century, the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (to give the Mormons their proper name) has expelled those practising polygamy. |
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http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=220
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| | POLYGAMY |
| | It should not be understood that the Quran is exhorting the believers to practice polygamy, or that polygamy is considered as an ideal. | | | As the above Quranic verse indicates, the issue of polygamy in Islam cannot be understood apart from community obligations towards orphans and widows. | | | It should be noted that in many Muslim societies today the practice of polygamy is rare since the gap between the numbers of both sexes is not huge. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/9257/tazkirah/wanita/wanita15.html
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| | Polygamy was opposed by the Church.So those living in a polygamous relationship were living in sin according to the Chruch.. | | | In fact, no where in the Bible is polygamy said to be a sin, yet the Bible meticulously categorizes all kinds of sexual sin. | | | The truth is, polygamy was not "made" a sin by the church until 600 or 700 A.D. (about the time Islam took off). |
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http://www.firstangel.com/polygamy2.htm
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| | These men who promote polygamy are living in a fantasy world where they think they are kings and women are nothing but inanimate objects put on this world to satisfy their every desire. | | | Polygamy was the way of the land in Old Testament times. | | | Polygamy is all through the Old Testament and acceptable then. |
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http://www.firstangel.com/polygamy.htm
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| | Salt Lake City Messenger, August 1998, Covering Up Mormon Polygamy |
| | In her letter she stated: "According to intake records, Tapestry of Polygamy has witnessed fathers married to daughters, brothers to sisters, cousins married to one another, and nieces who have married their uncle (contrary to public belief these are not relationships isolated to the Kingston family). | | | The first seven presidents of the church who were supposed to be "prophets, seers, and revelators to the church," were involved in a doctrine that led them into breaking the law, adultery, polyandry, deception, perjury, bribery and a massive cover-up. | | | Many of these latter day prophets prophesied "in the name of God" that polygamy was "essential" to the highest degree of salvation, and would never be taken from the face of the earth. |
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http://www.xmission.com/~country/slcm/slcm94b.htm
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| | USATODAY.com - Polygamy laws expose our own hypocrisy |
| | Given this history and the long religious traditions, it cannot be seriously denied that polygamy is a legitimate religious belief. | | | In addition to protecting privacy, the Constitution is supposed to protect the free exercise of religion unless the religious practice injures a third party or causes some public danger. | | | However, even living as married can send you to prison. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/2004-10-03-turley_x.htm
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| | The Quranic verse that allows polygamy should be read in the context it was revealed. | | | Their main argument is against the permission given towards polygamy in Islam. | | | The Verse says, "And if you fear that you cannot act equitably towards orphans, then marry such women as seem good to you, two, three and four, but if you fear that you may not do justice to them, then (marry) only one" (4: 3). |
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http://members.tripod.com/islamiczone/women.htm
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| | As for the condition set forth by Islam for polygamy, it is the self-confidence of the Muslim to be fair in his treatment to his two wives in food, drink, clothing, housing and sustenance. | | | The failure is not in the Law itself but in the application due to misunderstanding, ill manners, or lack of the teachings of the religion. | | | But to come to something allowed by Allah in His Book and mentioned by His Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him), established in the state, such as divorce or polygamy, and to prevent it utterly and forever is considered something different from limiting what is allowed according to the examples given. |
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http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/Q_WI/polygamy.htm
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| | Hare Krishna Cultural Journal: Polygamy, Gay Monogamy, and the Deterioration of Marriage: What Can ISKCON Do About It? |
| | How this supports my point about the Muslim community being an important demographic that is lending some momentum to the destigmatization of polygamy is that this community is generally not opposed to polygamy, since their identity is mainly a function of their identificaiton with religion. | | | “Polygamy is the bane of native [Indian]society—a curse that enslaves many of the softer sex. | | | Actually, amongst my Muslim colleagues and friends, many have left their predominantely Muslim populated countries to escape the degrading social situations that arose as a result of various "religious" concepts, one of them being polygyny. |
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http://www.siddhanta.com/2006/01/polygamy_gay_mo.html
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| | Polygamy: A Christian View |
| | I am amazed that I feel the need to address this issue, but I have been quoted on a website promoting polygamy, so I feel I should share an e-mail I sent someone who claimed he was led of God to take a second wife. | | | In most cases, marriage vows included something along the lines of “forsaking all others,” and even if not expressly stated, it was no doubt in the husband’s heart when he made those vows before God. | | | I am reminded of 1 Corinthians 5:1-2, "It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, impurity of a sort that does not even occur among the heathen. |
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http://www.net-burst.net/note2.htm
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| | As recent as the 17th century, polygamy was practiced and accepted by the Christian Church. | | | King Solomon (Sulaymaan) alayhis Salaam is said to have had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. | | | Actually there are three kinds of polygamy practiced in western societies: |
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http://www.islaam.org/Muhammad/Polygamy.htm
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| | Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 82 |
| | Another argument often espoused is that polygamy solves the problem of men married to barren women. | | | However, since some Muslim countries, for example Tunisia, have found a way to prohibit polygamy, many clerics feel a need to buttress the theological argument with more practical rationalizations. | | | Without polygamy, many women would die old maids, never experiencing the joys of motherhood. |
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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA8202
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| | Poligamy |
| | Many of the critics of polygamy say that God never endorse this kind of living, and that such a practice is an abomination to God. | | | However, the kind of polygamy that the Lord teaches is quite different from what our critics accuse us of. | | | Joseph Smith taught that the gospel of Christ was restored to the earth once more by God. |
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http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/tinkywinky/316/poligami.htm
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| | Welcome to the official website of "The Principle" |
| | Polygamy had deprived me of the steady companionship of a husband, and my children the presence of a father. | | | Polygamy church prepares for end of the world | | | Longtime AUB church leader, 91, had been on house arrest |
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| | If same-sex ‘marriage’ is legalized, why not polygamy? - (BP) |
| | The irony of the current debate is that polygamy is rooted far deeper in human history -- and is accepted in far more cultures today -- than is same-sex “marriage.” Polygamy once dominated the Mormon church, and Utah was not given statehood until it outlawed the practice. | | | “The argument in the 19th century that Congress made is that polygamy is associated with despotic forms of government, because basically the most powerful men start hogging all the women,” Gallagher said. | | | The church officially disavows it now, although estimates say that up to 100,000 people in the West still practice it. |
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| | The Wisdom Fund - Polygamy in Islam |
| | With regard to polygamy, Muhammad did not introduce this practice, as has so often been wrongly alleged. | | | In countries where polygamy has been forbidden, the authorities have justified this innovation not on secular but on religious grounds. | | | It has been widely agreed in the Islamic world that mere human beings cannot fulfill this Quranic requirement: it is impossible to show such impartiality and as a result Muhammad's qualification, which he need not have made, means no Muslim should really have more than one wife. |
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| | ABC News: Mormons Not Laughing About Polygamy Comedy 'Big Love' |
| | One woman who left a polygamous marriage says she doubts it, but plans to watch the show anyway. | | | The buzzed-about series, produced by Tom Hanks, is set to debut on March 12 after the megahit series "The Sopranos." But the risque show is already riling many Mormons, who say that it dredges up old stereotypes about the religion, which banned polygamy more than 100 years ago. | | | But some women say that kind of competition and backbiting isn't the reality of a polygamous life. |
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| | VDARE.com: 03/02/04 - Hmore Hmong? Polygamous Hmong? |
| | If the St. Paul polygamy dust-up were not bad enough, another mess in the controversy is that residents of the Thai refugee camp are being screened with tests to prove they are healthy and are not addicted to drugs—presumably the opiates for which Southeast Asia is famous. | | | That would mean that as many as 7,600 men, women and children are living in polygamous families." | | | People who choose a polygamist lifestyle should not be ashamed, it is your right." |
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| | Tapestry against Polygamy: History of Polygamy |
| | No inhabitant of this State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship; but polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited. | | | [Joseph F. Smith, while testifying to a Congressional Subcommittee, rationalized that Mormons were no longer living polygamy, as he had rationalized in his mind that they were technically living polygyny. | | | The following ordinance shall be irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of this State: [Religious toleration -- Polygamy forbidden.] First: -- Perfect toleration of religious sentiment is guaranteed. |
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| | The Problem with Polygamy by Steve Sailer for UPI; Leftover bachelors, male cartel to limit each other to one wife, ... |
| | Indeed, among people between the ages of 15 and 64 in the world as a whole, there are 102 men for every 100 women, according to the "CIA World Factbook." Yet, men who favor polygamy almost never believe this basic constant of demographics. | | | You never hear about it because few men want to claim this particular kind of victimhood: that of the sexual rejectee. | | | This reporter, like all I've seen since him, forgot the existence of the people who were most definitely damaged by polygamy: namely, the 149 guys who didn't get a wife at all because Mr. |
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| | OpinionJournal - Taste |
| | But we still have a population of polygamists who live in isolated communities throughout the western states, many of them part of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-day Saints (not affiliated with the Mormon Church). | | | Supporters of polygamy believe that family arrangements per se are not to blame for these problems. | | | If marriage to a woman civilizes a man--as some would have it--it does not follow that the more women a man marries, the more civilized he becomes. |
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| | An American brother who has been evangelizing in a Third World country where polygamy is still a part of their culture wrote me asking, "What do you do about polygamists who come to faith in Christ as polygamists?" He offered some insightful thoughts. | | | As I had never been asked that question directly before, I had to give it some special thought. | | | I can only answer that they were not called because of perfection of character. |
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| | News from Agape Press |
| | Even the official Mormon church, now known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), has officially abandoned and forbidden the practice of polygamy. | | | The pro-family leader says homosexual activists are hoping Americans will follow them blindly down the road toward same-sex "marriage," a road that he and other defenders of traditional marriage can clearly see leading to a dead end. | | | And the answer, he says, has been silence. |
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| | Freespace: In defense of polygamy |
| | Note that the only argument that Rowe (or Jason Kuznicki) seems to be able to come up with against polygamy is to say that it isn’t really consensual. | | | Now, if in practice it turns out that there is no such thing as consensual polygamy, then polygamy would be banned, no problem. | | | (Well, that’s the rough version.) If that theory is correct, then the exact same thing goes for consensual adult polygamy: a person certainly should be free to marry any person he loves, who is also a willing participant. |
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http://sandefur.typepad.com/freespace/2005/03/in_defense_of_p.html
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| | Many LDS men prepare for polygamy by being "sealed" to more than one woman. | | | Though officially illegal, it is still practiced by Mormons in Utah and in Other states. | | | As you probably know, Polygamy was practically invented |
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| | A Family's Tangled Ties - Newsweek Society - MSNBC.com |
| | But for decades after a disastrous 1953 raid wrenched hundreds of children from their parents, Utah officials virtually ignored the sect and other so-called fundamentalists who practice polygamy in defiance of the law and the Mormon Church's 1890 ban on plural marriage. | | | As members of a secretive society of "fundamentalist Mormons" whose leaders practiced polygamy, Lu Ann's family thought nothing of the fact that Jeremy, then 24, was such a close relative—or that he had three other wives. | | | The convictions of Mary Ann's father and uncle ended the laissez-faire period, and public opposition grew last year with the news that polygamy was behind the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart. |
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| | The marriage of many - Special Report - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper |
| | The measure's author, South Dakota state Rep. Elizabeth Kraus, said the ban on polygamy is intentional. | | | "Indeed, there is arguably a stronger foundation for challenging statutes prohibiting polygamy than statutes limiting marriage to members of the opposite sex" because unlike homosexual "marriage," polygamy has been and still is condoned by many religions and societies, they wrote. | | | "Polygamy rights is the next civil rights battle." So goes the motto of a Christian pro-polygamy organization that has been watching the battle over homosexual "marriage" rights with keen interest. |
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| | Salt Lake Tribune - Polygamy |
| | A look at its origins and continuing practice among fundamentalist Mormon sects (through 2004). | | | Polygamy's origins in Utah go back to the 1800s. | | | Splinter groups have embraced polygamy and branched out to communities in Utah, Montana, Arizona, southern Canada and Mexico. |
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| | polygamypage.info - Legal, Academic and Christian study of Polygamy HTM |
| | Article examining what the Bible has to say to women who want more than one husband. | | | Article on the reasons why Christians should think about polygamy as an issue. | | | Link to "Absalom and Achitophel" by John Dryden - "In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multipli'd his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confin'd;" |
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| | Wives of Brigham Young |
| | Quietly, hesitatingly, in private conversations with each apostle, Joseph explained that he now believed plural marriage to be a divine requirement. | | | Polygamy, or the principle of plural marriage, was first introduced by Joseph Smith to a few associates in the Spring of 1841. | | | Ann Eliza Webb 23 66 18 *D-1876 September 13, 1844 April 6, 1868 (Column Descriptions) WAM: Wife's Age at Marriage. |
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| | Polygamy Christian Believers - Here's Where to Find Us |
| | The gathering site for Scripture-believing, Holy Spirit-walking Christians who know the Truth! | | | Polygamy Christian Believers - Here's Where to Find Us org | | | For other links about Christian Polygamy, etc., please see our |
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| | Technorati Tag: polygamy |
| | Conventional wisdom teaches us that human beings, in general, do not do very well in unfaithful relationships. | | | Posts tagged Polygamy per day for the last 30 days. | | | Pro-Polygamy Organization TruthBearer.org is the organized gateway to the "Polygamy Movement," for media interviews, activism, doctrinal questions, links, and general information. |
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| | KSL News: Prosecuting Polygamy - Is Utah Doing Enough? |
| | Groups like "Tapestry Against Polygamy" say the state should be doing everything it can to protect children. | | | Wednesday "Tapestry Against Polygamy" will be holding a press conference to talk about their frustrations. | | | Robbie Sweeten is currently trying to gain custody of his four-year-old daughter after the girl's mother took her back to a polygamist community called "The Rock" in Moab. |
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| | Reason: Opening Marriage: Do same-sex unions pave the way for polygamy? |
| | Indeed, gay marriage proponents have offered no substantive arguments to show that the reasoning used to assert the right to same-sex marriage could not be extended to plural marriage as well. | | | They merely point out that at present there is no push to legalize polygamy. | | | Yet one may counter that having multiple spouses is the polygamist’s first choice -- or that, as Posner notes in his review of Gerstmann’s book in The New Republic, the woman who wants to be the polygamist’s second wife is barred from marrying the person of her first choice. |
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| | Iranian Women Pan Polygamy - CBS News |
| | There are no official statistics available on polygamy in Iran, but it is prevalent in many small cities and rural regions in Iran. | | | Rather, it seeks to depict woman as people restricted to kitchen, she said. | | | Wearing brightly colored clothing as opposed to the traditional head-to-toe black chador, the women gathered at a building in central Tehran to denounce policies by hard-liners that seek to restrict women to roles such as obedient housewives. |
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