Wait a second. I say, “In that day, there was no law in the United States against polygamy.”
You say, “This is so incorrect, it’s funny. There was no Federal law prohibiting polygamy in Joseph Smith’s day...”
Please, you’re confusing me.
~”...but every State had laws against adultery.”~
Fine. Smith has multiple wives. Adultery is sex -outside- of legal marriage, however that marriage is defined. Your subsequent statement is today’s definition - not that of 150 years ago. I’m sorry, it just doesn’t wash.
Your fooling yourself tant.
Do you really want to find out what the public outcry was against the polygamy of Mormonism. It’s all there - - all the historical documents you ever wished to read.
BTW there WERE State laws that prohibited polygamy during Joseph Smith’s time. Are you trying to be obtuse by saying “there was no “federal” law?