Mormons hate polygamy thiiiiiiiiis much

Religious News Service ^ | Dec 12, 2014 | | Jana Riess

[KC_Lion]

Girl's Day will wash your car for you.

http://youtu.be/QB4dQcxgJPY?t=2m10s

[GeronL]

Can it be before school....lol

[BCW]

that is ONE CRAZY video!!!

[TruthWillWin]

Wonder what % of Mormans are against drinking coffee?

[BCW]

i don’t care when they kidnap me...the sooner the better!

[erkelly]

Please do some research on these polygamous groups. The reality is, that the women and children in these groups often suffer tremendously, the women little better than chattel. I do not approve of Mormonism at all, but I think it is likely that mainstream Mormons, having knowledge of these fundamentalist sects, are very aware of just how evil it can be and are genuinely opposed to it, as you would be too if you knew more about it. Nowhere where polygamy is practiced and accepted, are women first class members of the human race, nowhere!

[MeganC]

As long as it’s consenting adults participating in these relationships I don’t see the problem. But if it’s moslem child-brides or the FLDS whackjobs going after little girls then that’s 100% different.

But if adults are choosing this then anymore I don’t see a legal argument to prohibit it given that it effectively exists with the tolerance of adultery in our society. A man can have a wife and a family and then multiple mistresses and no one really says a thing about it. I doubt such a man could be prosecuted these days.

But if he merely calls these women his ‘wives’ then suddenly people get all upset.

What’s the difference?

[GeronL]

consenting adults..... some schools are telling kids they are ready for sex at 12 or 13. So they can “marry” daddy too.

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

Morgana, I think it's *you* who doesn't "get the point".

It's nonsense to try to find significance by comparing the numbers in this way - ie, "86% VERSUS 74%! WOW! *WOW* DID YOU HEAR THAT?!"

If you take a list of hot-button issues and try to relatively rank them via a poll among any group of religious conservatives, your results will vary over time, up and down, up and down, depending on what's "in the news" at any moment.

Every time the media screams about the latest school shooting, polls show support for gun control spiking upwards. Then they settle down. The cycle repeats endlessly. It's because it's "what's in the news" today.

When a ghoulish abortion "doctor" is in the news, support for abortion immediately declines somewhat.

Now, most people on these types of issues do *not* first blow one way and then the other, but stay consistent in their answers. So the fluctuation up & down of the *overall* poll results are dependent on those respondents whose answers are affected by the latest news.

And when it comes to Mormons, the issue of Polygamy is always "in the news". They are constantly getting hammered over their church's history (18?? to 1890?) of polygamy. Every time a polygamist and his harem from some hick area of Utah/Ariz/etc get in the news, it's used to slam the Mormons. The late night comedians especially love this "twofer" of Religion plus Sex rolled into one. Even when no P-cult is in the national news, the issue is still "In The News" for Mormons ... *all* the time.

It's undoubtedly the one moral issue Mormons are the most sensitive about, because the rest of us will never let them forget it. So when they're asked their opinion on a set of issues that includes Polygamy, that one loaded word will stand out from among the others on the list, and set off a kneejerk reaction of "No! No! Never! Never!" among many/most of the respondents.

If a poll of evangelical Christians rated polygamy as more of a concern than abortion, I would be concerned. The fact that Mormons do so is just one big "Duh!"

[ansel12]

I have been telling you information, in spite of your attitude and lashing out.

For instance what I just corrected with you about Bishop Romney.

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

Never heard of them. But it's obvious they were each chosen solely for their singing talent.

(like Milli Vanilli was)

[miss marmelstein]

Uh...the abbreviation “TMI” seems to fit here.

[ansel12]

The thread is on polygamy, I didn’t realize New Yorkers could be so easily shocked.

[Albion Wilde]

Mormons tend to have large families but only 74% of them saying it’s wrong? That tells me there are a few abortions in Mormon households that are unspoken.

It could be that some Mormons are all right with it as a civil law that they don't intend to use, but because mostly non-Mormons will abort.

[BCW]

Actually - each has very unique skills...one member can pay several instruments like Prince - E-Young...another, is a very famous Asian model (Nana), others are actors in movies over in Korea...it depends - but they “work” for a company and are not like stars in the US...they live in very cramped apartments and get paid a salary...so, it’s really a job and career where contracts to do other things are consonantly negotiated...

pretty humbling...

[Morgana]

“Every time a polygamist and his harem from some hick area of Utah/Ariz/etc get in the news, it’s used to slam the Mormons. The late night comedians especially love this “twofer” of Religion plus Sex rolled into one. Even when no P-cult is in the national news, the issue is still “In The News” for Mormons ... *all* the time. “

You know I figure with this Mormon and polygamy thing it’s kinda like this. They never really stopped with it they just went under ground. They tell us it’s outlawed so the rest of us leave them alone but I have a feeling it still goes on, in private.

Now really if these women are dumb enough to do that who am I to stop them?

Killing their baby in abortion however, that is a horse of another color.

[Cvengr]

It’s not immoral for the 14% who have several wives.

[Morgana]

ping and see post 56.

[Rebelbase]

You dog! Way to go!

[MeganC]

When I say ‘consenting adults’ I mean 18+.