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To: Psalm 144
Forgive me for not being impressed with such safeguards.

I'm not impressed with them. Polygamy is actively practiced in both Utah and Arizona. There are cities that are known polygamist strongholds, where members of law enforcement are polygamists.

And the official website of Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff notes that although polygamy is illegal in Utah (he conveniently forgets to point out that it's prohibited by the Utah Constitution) and against the constitution in Arizona (and against the law in Arizona, which isn't mentioned), he says that law enforcement in both states have decided simply to concentrate on welfare fraud and child abuse. Translation? We're not going to enforce polygamy laws (that would be embarrassing to the LDS Church, because LDS members have to keep on explaining history and how these groups are different from mainstream Mormons). And there are members of the LDS church who are polygamists. It's still a part of their doctrine - Doctrine & Covenants 132 to be precise - despite the 1890 and 1904 Manifestos.

33 posted on 01/01/2012 6:39:55 PM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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To: Scoutmaster

Interesting. A very complex and organized subculture. I did not know that polygamous households were still around in such numbers.

There has to be a great deal of paranoia and alienation directed towards the non-Mormon culture out there, be it Hollywood, Dixie, Midwestern or Yankee - whatever the ‘gentile’ cultural base. It does not sound like a comfortable place to be. Besieged from the outside, driven from the inside, and so many in house details to keep quiet.


35 posted on 01/01/2012 6:54:07 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: Scoutmaster
Polygamy is actively practiced in both Utah and Arizona.


53 posted on 01/02/2012 7:19:09 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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To: Scoutmaster
Polygamy is actively practiced in both Utah and Arizona.

Ladies; you three canNOT have all gotten the same number!

54 posted on 01/02/2012 7:21:47 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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