» Mormon LDS Church http://www.polygamyexposed.com Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:19:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Polygamy in the American Southwest – Child Brides, Polygamous Communities http://www.polygamyexposed.com/polygamy_usa/polygamy-in-the-american-southwest-child-brides-polygamous-communities-3/ http://www.polygamyexposed.com/polygamy_usa/polygamy-in-the-american-southwest-child-brides-polygamous-communities-3/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:23:23 +0000 admin http://www.polygamyexposed.com/?p=146 While these small towns are charming, there is a darker side to aspects of fundamentalist sects that have their roots in the Church of Latter-Day Saints.

http://gosw.about.com/od/southwesthistory/a/polygamy.htm

]]> http://www.polygamyexposed.com/polygamy_usa/polygamy-in-the-american-southwest-child-brides-polygamous-communities-3/feed/ 0 The Four Major Periods of Mormon Polygamy http://www.polygamyexposed.com/polygamy_usa/the-four-major-periods-of-mormon-polygamy/ http://www.polygamyexposed.com/polygamy_usa/the-four-major-periods-of-mormon-polygamy/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:20:37 +0000 admin http://www.polygamyexposed.com/?p=144 Mormonism, like many Protestant churches, began as a restorationist movement, which is to say that it was dedicated to restoring everything in the Bible. Joseph Smith, Jr., Mormonisms founding prophet, felt especially close to the Old Testament, so he believed his mission was to restore Old as well as New Testament traditions such as the authority of prophets, temple rituals, and the ancient Semitic custom of plural marriage.

http://www.signaturebookslibrary.org/essays/mormonpolygamy.htm

]]> http://www.polygamyexposed.com/polygamy_usa/the-four-major-periods-of-mormon-polygamy/feed/ 0 Persecution Complex http://www.polygamyexposed.com/polygamy_usa/persecution-complex/ http://www.polygamyexposed.com/polygamy_usa/persecution-complex/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:18:22 +0000 admin http://www.polygamyexposed.com/?p=142 The states’ capitulation to polygamy marks a monumental victory for fundamentalist Mormons who have steadfastly held to the practice as their central religious tenet since faithful men were first commanded to marry multiple wives in the 1830s by Mormon founder Joseph Smith.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-10-04/news/persecution-complex/

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The church, which has long sought to be seen as part of America’s mainstream, joins with other religious organizations to back California’s ban on gay marriage. But now it has become a political target.

By Nicholas Riccardi
, November 17, 2008

Mormons spend 20+ million on Prop 8 and ignore tens of thousand of polygamous women and children in Utah who are systematically abused and kept in ignorance.

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/17/nation/na-mormons17 

]]> http://www.polygamyexposed.com/polygamy_usa/mormon-church-feels-the-heat-over-proposition-8/feed/ 0 Polygamy in the American Southwest – Child Brides, Polygamous Communities http://www.polygamyexposed.com/polygamy_usa/polygamy-in-the-american-southwest-child-brides-polygamous-communities-2/ http://www.polygamyexposed.com/polygamy_usa/polygamy-in-the-american-southwest-child-brides-polygamous-communities-2/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:13:27 +0000 admin http://www.polygamyexposed.com/?p=138 A video entitled Banking on Heaven illustrates the plight of the children in polygamist sects such as Colorado City.

http://gosw.about.com/od/southwesthistory/a/polygamy.htm

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