Anti-polygamy activists, who gathered here Saturday for an unprecedented meeting, charge the state has not done enough to stamp out “Utah’s dirty little secret.” They say the inaction is allowing child abuse, welfare fraud and sexual assault to continue unchecked in polygamous communities.
As you probably know, Polygamy was practically invented* by the Mormon Prophet, seer and revelator, Joseph Smith. Though officially illegal, it is still practiced by Mormons in Utah and in Other states. Many LDS men prepare for polygamy by being “sealed” to more than one woman.
Utah schools have one of the lowest ratios of teacher to child.
Utah has the highest per capita sugar consumption in the US.
Utah has the highest incidence of Child abuse in the US.
In some polygamist towns up to one third of the families get welfare from taxpayer money.
