Posted on 05/28/2012 2:46:46 PM PDT by Pinkbell
Joe Darger, from Salt Lake City, Utah, lives in a house with his three wives and their 24 children.
His polygamous marriage is illegal in 50 American states - and has resulted in him being excommunicated from the Mormon church.
But Joe, a fifth generation polygamist, believes his is the correct way - and says he wants to fight to have his plural marriage officially recognised by society.
The fundamentalist Mormon appeared on the breakfast television show alongside his three wives, 42-year-old twins Vicki and Valerie, and their 43-year-old cousin Alina.
Vicki and Alina have been married to Joe for 22 years after dating Joe simultaneously when they were just 18.
Vicki's twin sister Valerie was married to Joe 12 years ago after her own polygamous union - with a man who had six other wives - broke down.
And now, in an interview with Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield, Joe and his wives, has defended their polygamous marriage as the 'oldest form of family'.
Answering Philip's question as to whether he hoped their plural union might one day be 'acceptable, mainstream, normal', Joe replied that while he never expects his polygamous marriage to be mainstream, he hopes one day it will be decriminalised.
'We want the same rights as anyone else would be afforded,' he said via live video link from Utah.
'Originally polygamy was part of the Mormon history, and that's what we still believe,' he says.
'Our story is about faith and family and freedom. In today's culture where family is being looked at, ours is one of the oldest forms of family out there.
'I don't know if we are looking to be accepted as mainstream, but certainly what we define as a family should be looked at as what society accepts as a family.'
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Neither Mitt nor George Romney were polygamists. Barack Hussein Obama (Sr.) was.
The less desirable men just have to wait until the most desirable men are done with the most desirable women.
Then they shuff them off, and the less desirable men get the leavings. Be patient, and you can pick up an oldie but goodie.
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