"If you’re going to have plural marriage, you need fewer men"

orthogonality — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:26:45 -0800

"Over the last six years, hundreds of teenage boys have been expelled or felt compelled to leave the polygamous settlement that straddles Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah..... 'So the parents kick him out because otherwise the father could have his wives and whole family taken away.'"

Polygamy in the Heart of Texas

May Kasahara — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 18:18:23 -0800

Who is Warren Jeffs? A look inside the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, who have built what is believed to be the first polygamist temple in Texas. Led by a doomsaying prophet, the members of the FLDS are taught that wives are expected to be completely submissive, and outside cultural influences are forbidden (links via this post on LiveJournal's exmormon community).

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"If you’re going to have plural marriage, you need fewer men"

Polygamy in the Heart of Texas