[Nevadan]

I get the sense that although the LDS church does not publicly support polygamy - indeed to the contrary it denounces it, there is still an undercurrent of acceptance. Otherwise how could the polygamous communities that have thrived in Utah for decades? It seems to me that the church has merely winked at their existence because the polygamous branches of the Mormon church are being consistent with the teachings of Joseph Smith & Bringem Young.

[nickcarraway]

By the same token, you could say the U.S. government winked at it too. But, I doubt your theory is right. In 1953, when Arizona cracked down on polygamists, LDS supported it, and the Deseret News was one of the few newspapers to protray the raid as positively. The raid was criticized by the non-LDS world.

[Colofornian]

I get the sense that although the LDS church does not publicly support polygamy - indeed to the contrary it denounces it, there is still an undercurrent of acceptance.

Yes...and no...

If you look @ that 2nd to the last link of the article -- the Pew poll -- supposedly only 2% of Mormons accept polygamy morally.

But that's this side of eternity "polygamy."

The fact is that Mormon policy ALLOWS for a guy to line up several serial wives in "forever" marriages in the Mormon temple. Upon death, then, he supposedly becomes an eternal polygamist.

The only thing is...that the guy's previous wife or wives have to be dead before he can add to his eternal harem.

Some of the CURRENT Lds "apostles" even have 2 such wives apiece.

[GladesGuru]

“I get the sense that although the LDS church does not publicly support polygamy - indeed to the contrary it denounces it, there is still an undercurrent of acceptance.”

That undercurrent may be due to the LDS afterlife being clearly polygmous in nature.

[ansel12]

I get the sense that although the LDS church does not publicly support polygamy - indeed to the contrary it denounces it, there is still an undercurrent of acceptance. Otherwise how could the polygamous communities that have thrived in Utah for decades? It seems to me that the church has merely winked at their existence because the polygamous branches of the Mormon church are being consistent with the teachings of Joseph Smith & Bringem Young.

I agree, and I believe that a few years ago when the FLDS branch of Mormonism was in the news I looked into how Utah dealt with it's many polygamists, and saw that they are tolerant of it, that is why it is so open and prevalent there.