Lds had three different "prophets" during the 1890s and 1900s when their general authorities secretly solemnized an additional 260+ plural marriages...Woodruff, Lorenzo Snow, Joseph F. Smith.
Then in the mid-1960s, on both Harold B. Lee and Spencer W. Kimball's watch as Lds "prophets," Lds "apostle" Bruce R. McConkie in his book "Mormon Doctrine" claimed the Mormon jesus was pro-polygamy in that he would bring it back when he returned.
Harold B. Lee specifically assigned a First President -- Kimball (one of his two counselors) -- to oversee McConkie's revision of that book for a 1966 republishing date. Kimball then became one of the next "prophets" after Lee.
So you have at least five more Lds "prophets" making pro-polygamy gestures/comments/actions/solemnizations & even engaging in polygamy themselves (Woodruff & Joseph F. Smith) after 1890.
And people thought Mormon leaders were "straightforward" in their "clean living" image.
Good to know. Thanks for the info.
A woman from Utah called Jane Velez “whats her name” on CNN tonight and as soon as she said something about the FLDS and SLC LDS believing in the same profit she was cut off and the host immediately pointed out that the SLC LDS “outlawed” polygamy more than a hundred years ago.
Harry Reid asked that a committee investigate Jeffs a few years ago “but it went nowhere”. All smoke and mirrors. Reid can get anything he wants in the senate.
The SLC LDS has a lot of power.