Is it really Polygamy? they legally marry only one woman in the eyes of the law. The rest are “Spiritual Wives” without legal standing. Is that polygamy? The thing wasn’t so bad when they were “marrying” girls 18 and over, its “Profit” Warren Pervert who changed things so his guys could marry girls right out of puberty. By criminalizing it they went underground. 1. Get Warren to change things or 2. have them elect a new prophet with a brain in his head and not his pants. Let the cult be more open—let them run restaurants or make cheese or something where they can interact with the world. They could even attract female members to join up—so they wouldn’t need to grow their own future wives but get new foolish people to don the funny dresses and make babies. There are some women who might like the life style.
IMO this polygamy issue is being raised to take attention off what is happening in Texas. From what I read, polygamy wasn’t going on. I might not like it but it’s their choice if adults want to live together. The raid was about suspected child abuse.
There were marriages as young as 14 in the pre-Warren FLDS, but it wasn’t the norm and it wasn’t forced.