Moreover, we absolutely condemn arranged or forced “marriages” of underage girls to anyone under any circumstances.
You noticed he said “underage” girls. First of all, what age is considered “underage” and second, how about “forced marriages” to adult women?
Thing is they don’t believe it is forced, they fully are conditioned to think it is ‘the will of God’.
And SLC ex-mos are rarely invited on those types of shows.
Helen Mar Kimball was only 14 when Joey Smith forced her...
Another girl was only 12 when Joey Smith first tried to force her
She said No but he kept after her for a couple of years till he could change her No to a yes...
Several women who said No to Joey Smith had their reputations ruined by him
a favorite pastime of Joey Smith and Brigham Young and some others was to get a lone young girl who had just arrived in town and take her to their “upper room”
They would proposition her there demanding that she give into one or both...
When she said No they would accuse her of prostitution etc and threaten to lie about her...
When she gave in they would pass her around to their friends when they got tired of her...
Joey Smith met his Waterloo finally when he forced homself on the wife of William Law
When she said No he threatened to lie about her and ruin her reputation...
However Mrs Law had always been a virtuous woman and she had a husband who wasnt a wimp under Joey Smiths thumb
She told her husband that Joey Smith had tried to rape her
William Law published an expose about Joey Smith and his polygamy in the Expositor..