About polygamy – Polygamy is the practice of taking more than one spouse at a time. This is not to be confused with polyamory, the practice of having multiple girlfriends and boyfriends at once. Polygamy has a pretty long and complicated history, especially in the U.S. For this article, we’re just going to be looking primarily at modern polygamy in the United States only.
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Most people attribute polygamy to Mormonism, and they’re mostly right. Most people who still practice polygamy in the U.S. are Mormon. Nothing compares to the extent of what the FLDS does, however.
Most Mormons used to practice polygamy; it was something that was a part of their history. However, when the United States declared that this practice was no longer legal, most sensible Mormons decided that they should probably stop marrying so many wives. However, some people were livid with this declaration and decided to branch off so they could continue to have more than one wife. This is how The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (or the FLDS), was formed. They did not like the teachings of the church anymore and decided to start to do their own thing, as did several other groups. The most notable ones being the FLDS, The Kingston Clan, and The Apostolic United Brethren, which just so happens to be the church of the family on the TLC show “Sister Wives.”
When watching a show like Sister Wives you can see some pretty disturbing things. But it’s nothing compared to what some cult-like polygamists like the FLDS and Kingston Clan practice today. There are definitely plenty of sensible Mormons living in the world, so don’t attribute polygamy to Mormonism. These groups we’re about to discuss operate more like a cult than a religion. In fact, think of the FLDS as Mormons like The Westboro Baptist Church is to other Christians.
Here, then, are the 13 most disturbing things you didn’t know about polygamy.
13. He Is Still Ruling From Prison
This photo is of Warren Jeffs with one of his young child brides.
Despite being sentenced to life in prison plus twenty years, Warren Jeffs is still in charge of the FLDS and rules the community by communicating through the phone to the men he’s put in charge while he’s locked away. You would think that an entire community wouldn’t want to follow a convicted child rapist’s rules anymore, but they’re so brainwashed that, of course, they’re going to stick by their leader.
Those who run the community now tell the people of the FLDS that Warren will be getting out any day now. They tell them that he’s been wrongly accused and that the government is just after them to dismantle the community. These people are so brainwashed that they have no way of disproving these theories as they think anyone who is against them is just an outsider who doesn’t understand their way of life. Luckily, Warren will never get out of prison or be able to hurt another person physically again. Unfortunately, he’s still powerful enough to constantly be harming innocent people mentally.
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