Why people with mistress' and mistress' is running free, while people with more than one wife are put in jails?
No one scream about Bill Clinton or Jesse Jackson with mistress', but Mormons are pick on for a short term practice of polygamy?
It seems having many mistress' is OK, and having legally married wives is a crime.
2007-06-07 21:14:16 · 8 answers · asked by Wahnote 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm just as confused as you are! Though Polygamy was abolished by the Mormon church shortly after Joseph Smith was martyred, we still get flack over it but there are many who cheat on their SINGLE wife and are never legally punished, nor looked upon as "immoral" in society's eyes any more!
2007-06-07 21:18:37 · answer #1 · answered by Spark of Insanity 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
You seem to forget that polygamy was a way of life from the 1850s to 1890s to well into the 20th century. It was condoned and expounded on as the ONLY way to salvation. After Utah became US territory, the church was forced abide by US law. Read D&C 132 - it's still there, bucky.
Were you not paying attention to the Clinton - Lewinsky scandel? Cries for impeachment were all over the papers and TV. Or were your too busy playing video games to notice?
2007-06-09 05:35:08 · answer #2 · answered by Dances with Poultry 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Christian religious meaning of marriage is about two souls joining together - representing the duality of Feminine and masculine together in a divine union. Three doesnt fit that religious meaning. From a legal framework, marriage has a specific meaning and is defined as a type of arrangment which is designed to support a family. A mother and father of a child have the best chance of being the best parents. An extra marital lover is not the same as another wife from those two perspectives.
2007-06-07 21:20:35 · answer #3 · answered by tacs1ave 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Theoretically, adultery is still illegal in most states and jurisdictions. The act is hardly ever pursued by the judicial system, however. Polygamy is also illegal. As far as lawmakers go, the difference lies in how deeply either disturbs the social order. While infidelity may be a bad thing, it can usually be swept under the rug while society goes on its merry way. Polygamy is more disturbing to most of us because it represents a more open and blatant challenge to the way we think things ought to be.
2007-06-07 21:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-07 22:39:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're spot on, it amazes me how people talk such ill about polygamy whilst having no problem cheating on their partners, it is as if theirs much difference between the two beside the marriage contract
2007-06-07 21:58:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
what ever muslims or others say poligamy dismisses women as little more than possetions a man is board with one he gets a new one. as most laws came originaly from the bible it is for a single marraige only.
2007-06-07 21:50:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You got that right. Twisted world we live in.
2007-06-09 16:56:29 · answer #8 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋