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Members of the LDS Church are encouraged to prepare to be celestially married in a temple. [18] It is believed, therefore, that all humans are spirit children of "heavenly parents" [1] who as mortals were celestially married and went on to become exalted. This married couple is known to Latter-day Saints as God the Father and Heavenly Mother.
Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for more than half of the 19th century, and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890 by between 20 and 30 percent of Latter-day Saint families.
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.
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Several couples are grateful for this practice because they believe “the only sure revelation comes from the prophet; they were glad to have a prophet to tell them whom to marry.” [1] The priesthood leader of the Colorado City (FLDS) group chooses to arrange marriages because it reassures the members of the stability and permanence that is ...
"FLDS men are no longer permitted to have children with their multiple wives. That privilege belongs to the seed bearer alone," the doctrine allegedly goes. SEE ALSO: Texas man faces life term for ...
Additionally, men who are dead may be sealed by proxy to all women to whom they were legally married while alive. Recent changes in church policy also allow women to be sealed to multiple men, but only after both she and her husband(s) are dead.