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This teaching is based on Mormon scripture, in which Joseph Smith taught, "In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees; and in order to obtain the highest, a man must enter into this order of the priesthood [meaning the new and everlasting covenant of marriage]; and if he does not, he cannot obtain it.
The Mormon corridor refers to the areas of western North America that were settled between 1850 and approximately 1890 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), who are commonly called "Mormons". [30] In academic literature, the area is also commonly called the Mormon culture region. [31] [32]
[108] [b] Historian Stanley Hirshon documented cases of girls aged 10 and 11 being married to old men. [110] The mean age of marriage for women was lower in Mormon polygamy than in New England and the Northeastern states (the societies in which Smith and many early converts to the movement had lived), and this was partly caused by the practice ...
The main offense against Green was his marriage to Linda Kunz, who was 13 when the couple was married. [43] After examining birth certificates, prosecutors discovered that Tom and Linda had conceived a child when she was only 13 years old. In June 2002 Green was sentenced to five years to life in prison and was released in 2007.
The term "celestial marriage" is still used in the polygamous sense by Mormon fundamentalists denominations which branched from the LDS Church. [citation needed] In the LDS Church today, both men and women may enter a celestial marriage with only one living partner at a time. [citation needed] A man may be sealed to more than one woman.
While the Mormon church doesn't object to women having one set of earrings, they don't encourage piercings or body modification as a whole. They warn that piercing other parts of the body can be ...
Church leaders encourage members to marry and have children, and as a result, Latter-day Saint families tend to be larger than average. All sexual activity outside of marriage is considered a serious sin. All homosexual activity is considered sinful and same-sex marriages are not performed or supported by the LDS Church.
Joseph Smith expressed opposition to White-Black marriages, but endorsed polygamous marriage between White Mormon men and Native American women. [49] [50] [19] In 1843 church founder Joseph Smith wrote, "Had I [anything] to do with the Negro I would confine them by strict [l]aw to their own species," in reference to interracial marriage.