Why will people in this country not fight for religeous freedom?

Question

Mormon Poligamist's have been the most persecuted people in American history. That fact has never been recognized or dealt with. They were driven out of there homes, raped, murdered, and so much more.

I believe in prosecuting crimes such as statutory rape, molestation, fisical, and mental abuse. Such things do not happen in the majority of polygamist homes. We love our children and want them to be happy and want them to be able to choose for them selves which religeon is right for them.

It is not a crime for two consenting adults to live in this manner as long as they are not inflicting harm on anyone else.

I am a woman and I was raised in a polygamist home. I love my childhood and wouldnt trade it for the world. I love my parents (ALL of them) and my brothers and sisters ( ALL of them ). I am a adult now and I choose to live this way. I have not been forced, coerced, or abused.

Why is my religeon considered Illegal?

Answer 1

Your religion isn't against the law, it's just one facet that you can't do lawfully. Unfortunately, the face of modern polygamy is represented by Warren Jeffs' cult in Arizona, Utah and Texas. They are a cruel and immoral group, forcing underage girls into marriages with older men, and expelling young teenage boys who become rivals to the elders for the affections of the young girls.

I have no quarrel with those *adults* who willingly join in a polygamous marriage if that's what you believe in. Nevertheless, you have to go about changing the laws of your state in order to make it lawful. It's not just about religious freedom either. A state has retained the right to control what it considers marriage, as is evidenced by the current struggle for gay marriage. Polygamists don't live in a state of civil marriage, only religious. There is no reason why you can't continue living that way. Perhaps society will recognize your right to do so someday, but it's really no one's business what you do as long as it doesn't break any laws.

Answer 2

I completely don't agree with this kind of lifestyle but I do have to say it is ironic that the same people who will wave the "homosexuality is okay" banner and don't judge or persecute the gay lifestyle would look down on this. It does not make sense.
Does not seem like it would matter much legally because there are laws against sodomy and all manner of sexual perversion- does not seem to stop anyone from celebrating it.
Either way, each will answer to the Lord for their own actions- right or wrong.
I have known many people to have 'happy' loving childhoods in all manner of religion or lack of such- does not make what they believed or what they were doing right.

Answer 3

They already do fight for freedom. The current war on terror is just another Holy War.

President George W Bush has made it clear that he reads the Bible, prays to God, and that God told him to invade Iraq. Very recently he referred to the USA’s war against terror as a war against Islamic Fascists. The other side, the Islamic Fascists, of course refer to G W Bush and the USA as Christian Infidel Dogs and so the Holy War of Words go on, like good Christians at war against the Axis of Evil.

The above is quite mild to all the evil religious words being thrown by each side, but of course, it doesn’t stop there does it. The same sides, Christianity and Islam, are physically at war with each other, murdering innocent men, women and children in the process.

Humanity has a horrific track record of atrocities and killing caused by religion, and this war seems to be no different, just another Holy War in the name of religion, inflicting it’s madness once again onto humanity. Religion is so evil, it has even infected the President of the United States of America.

Answer 4

In any of your teachings, do you read, or have any scripture regarding this?
I believe that so long as you are not violating anothers rights to life, liberty, or the pursuit of their happiness, and you are not, in any fashion, forcing something on them, against their will, nor refusing the rights of another by teaching what could be considered brainwashing ideas of other religions being wrong,
then no.
Man made laws, and Gods laws are two different things.
But if the conscience is grieved, then it could be wrong.

Answer 5

Your religious practice is considered illegal because moral statists believe they have a right to rule you. I don't believe in the nanny state, yet the state robs from me to fund the lives of others by assuming someone else needs my money more than I do. It is the nature of government and religion -- to coerce and enforce . . . always, ultimately, with the threat or use of violence.

Answer 6

First of all, you are not a real morman! I am. Real morman's are not Poligamists. You are a member of a reformed religion. A religion whose leaders were excommunicated for not following the rules adopted by the original Church. (It's like Catholics and Prespaterians)
Second of all, your religious beliefs are not illegal. Your family structure is. Poligamy is illegal in the United Stated. Marriage is a union between 1 man and 1 woman.

Answer 7

Polygamy is not a religion sweetheart. Polygamy is against the law. Here's an example: Just because sacrificing animals is part of some religions, it's STILL illegal. Get over it.

Answer 8

Hi. I am a convert to the LDS church. When I watched the young people in Utah protest on the news about their rights, it really hit home for me. I was so impressed with these young people to get up and stand up for what they believed in, or for what their household believed in.
However, I also firmly believe in standing by the law. Poligamy is not "considered" illegal, it IS illegal. Laws are created to protect us. I'm glad you are happy with your family, but I choose to follow the laws of the land.

Answer 9

i think poligamist's should have the same freedoms as everyone else. it's religious law that says marriage is between one man and one woman. it's not fair to impose beliefs on another.

Answer 10

In this country? If you are referring to America we already have Freedom of Religion, check the constitution.