"Some 40,000 people in the US state of Utah live in illegal polygamous families in which a man takes more than one wife. These fundamentalist Mormons have now begun a campaign for a change in the law they regard as discriminatory and unfair."This does not mean, necessarily, that the Mormon Church is officially launching a campaign to legalize polygamy. The article specifies that "in 1890, the mainstream church outlawed polygamy." However, I am very interested to know how the Church goes on this one. Will they collect millions of dollars for a campaign to legalize an attribute of their own Church practice? Or will they remain steadfast and denounce any such law that would allow polygamy? Well, if they choose the former, then they will have to explain how it is legally justified for men to have several wives, but two men or two women cannot marry. I eagerly await to see how this all unfolds, if at all.
The California Supreme Court, as of today, has still not issued a legal opinion (verdict) with regards to the legality and constitutionality of same-sex marriages in that state.
You're getting two separate groups confused. The LDS church (the Mormons who supported prop 8) is not the same as the FLDS church, which is the group that is starting a new campaign to legalize polygamy. They both spring from the same group, but have long been separate and independent entities. I tried to look up the FLDS stance on homosexuality, but was unable to find it. I assume that they would support the legalization of gay marriage, along with that of polygam, but I'm not really sure.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. I did mention that in the post: This does not mean, necessarily, that the Mormon Church is officially launching a campaign to legalize polygamy. The article specifies that "in 1890, the mainstream church outlawed polygamy."
ReplyDeleteBut now I can do some research on the FLDS group that you mentioned.