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Texas case G. Lee Cook, his wife D. Cook, and desired wife J. Bronson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, filed a lawsuit in hopes to abolish restrictive laws against polygamy. [49] Court cases against anti-polygamy laws argue that such laws are unconstitutional in regulating sexual intimacy, or religious freedom. [50] In the case of Bronson v.
Many Mormons, including prominent church leaders, maintained their polygamy into the 1940s and 1950s. [7] In 1943, the First Presidency learned that apostle Richard R. Lyman was cohabitating with a woman other than his legal wife. As it turned out, in 1925 Lyman had begun a relationship which he defined as a polygamous marriage.
From 1852 until 1890, the LDS Church openly authorized polygamous marriages between one man and multiple wives, though polygamous families continued cohabitating into the 1940s and 1950s. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Today, the church is opposed to such marriages and excommunicates members who participate in them or publicly teach that they are sanctioned by God.
“I hate to say this, but it’s almost a good thing because it’s making people ask questions” about the 194-year-old religion organized in Fayette, New York, about an hour west of Syracuse ...
Here are some of the rules the women of MomTok have discussed following within the Mormon religion. Related: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives ' Layla Taylor Says She 'Recently' Experienced Her ...
[editorializing] Mormon fundamentalists believe that Heavenly Father has multiple wives, and that although humankind shares the same Heavenly Father, they do not all share the same Heavenly Mother. The question of how Heavenly Mother is regarded ties into a larger set of questions among many Mormons about power in relationships between men and ...
The practice primarily focuses on polygyny (one man having more than one wife) and not polyandry (one woman having more than one husband), as polyandry is implied to be unlawful by the Hebrew Bible's laws of adultery (e.g., Deuteronomy 22:22) and in the New Testament (e.g., Romans 7:3).
It also narrowed into the specificity of Utah-specific Mormon culture, where more than half of the state follows the religion. Faith, friendship and reputations are all on the line.