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To: Nevadan; All
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.

6 posted on 07/12/2013 4:09:16 PM PDT by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian

Colofornian ~:” 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. “

I beleive that is commonly called “ serial monogamy “
, as what happens when one wife is deceased .

Are you opposed to re-marriage after one’s mate is deceased ?
Or do you consider remarriage under such circumstances as ‘polygamy ‘ ?


11 posted on 07/12/2013 5:24:40 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” - Ronald Reagan)
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