Mormons, why do you fight against gay marriage yet call polygamy good?

How do you justify polygamy? I know that it is no longer practiced but you claim it was ';commanded'; by God. The Bible does not say that anywhere. The Bible shows polygamous families in conflict.


My great great grandfather was put in prison for polygamy. I think polygamy caused lots of problems in his family life. My family is still torn apart by mormonism.





Why can't you see that polygamy is evil?





If your leadership told you gay marriage was right would you be supporting them today? I think you would.Mormons, why do you fight against gay marriage yet call polygamy good?
When Joseph Smith began his secret polygamy in the midwest in the 1840s, it was just as repugnant to most people as homosexuality is to conservatives today.





It is what eventually got him killed and got them all driven out. Well, polygamy and block voting and land speculation and threatening their neighbors.





Polygamy in religion has nothing to do with sacred and everything to do with greedy leaders, men with huge appetites.





My great great grandfather also went to jail for it while his families starved. He wasn't able to support them even when he was out of jail because he was away on mission in Europe.





He was a very poor immigrant and took on way more than he could afford because he was told directly by Brigham Young that all LDS leaders needed multiple wives. Shall I look up that quote by Young? It was during the 1857 reformation.





It was a hellish life for the women and children and we have the journals to prove it. Of course, these kinds of journals never quite make it into LDS church folklore.





The scary thing about Mormons is that they will do ANY horrible thing their leaders command. We are left to wonder what is next.Mormons, why do you fight against gay marriage yet call polygamy good?
Oli, You stated that nowhere in the bible does it approve of polygamy and yet, God gave David many wives, he gave Solomon many wives and the list goes on and on about the different ones God gave many wives to. I suggest you get your facts straight before you go writing anything like this in the forums as it only shows your lack of understanding.





Also, homosexuality is not only a sin but it is also against the law. Many states and many countries have laws prohibiting Sodomy, a word that comes from the name of the one city God destroyed because of its homosexuality. Now, if the law is against it and the bible is against it then how can you be for it? Don't you know that you pit yourself against God himself when you support that which God has said is wrong? You need to wake up my friend before it is too late and your soul can no longer be redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
While the mainstream mormon church doesn't condone polygamy anymore (mainly due to it being illegal), there are a few offshoot sects of mormonism that still practice it.





I have to say though - I am straight, and the idea of having several women sounds better to me than having another man.





Of course, they would be mormon women.. they wouldn't be into teh kink....
Polygamy is definitely still practiced.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YFZ_Ranch





I get what you're saying. Mormon's are just... backwards.
And how many wives did the ';Prophets'; in the old testament have.


Surely the ';Bible'; can not be wrong when you read the stories of them and their multiple wives?
It's like their double-standard it's traditional marriage but gay marriage YUCKY that is the mind of a mormon
You're just sorry you're missing out on the multiple partners thing.
they say they don't support it but that is bunch of bull.





a true morman still practices palygomy