https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to polygamy en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/04/28/what-most-critics-missed-about-dustin-lance-blacks-under-banner-heaven At the Salt Lake City premiere of Under the Banner of Heaven , writer, director, and producer, Dustin Lance Black explained that the series sought to tell a broader story of Mormonism, including Mormon experiences foreign to most viewers. By… Thu, 28 Apr 2022 03:00:47 EDT Cristina Rosetti 116dac6f-6fbc-4b75-8aff-bfa0a122a264 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/04/25/fxs-under-banner-heaven-adaptation-rejects-reductive-elements-krakauers-book-confirms I was a twenty-year-old missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington DC in 2003. My companion and I, temporarily serving in a rural community about an hour southeast of the nation’s capital, had been teaching… Mon, 25 Apr 2022 02:33:34 EDT Benjamin E. Park 14146002-5e82-435d-ad3e-8ba03a48fa3a https://religiondispatches.org/2021/10/11/quiet-passing-fundamentalist-mormon-prophet-lynn-thompson-suggests-polygamy-recognition Lynn A. Thompson, President of the Priesthood of the Apostolic United Brethren, the largest Mormon fundamentalist religion, quietly passed away this week on October 5, 2021. ‘Mormon fundamentalist religion’ is a term used by both early leaders of the movement… Mon, 11 Oct 2021 01:19:45 EDT Cristina Rosetti 272bc300-9e8b-42e7-8c66-47d17ca9ca8b https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/07/same-sex-marriage-may-lead-polygamy-so-what Peter Sprigg, a Senior Fellow at the Family Research Council, recently published a predictable slippery-slope argument against same-sex marriage and polygamy in Religion News Service. Having legalized the one, the other will surely follow. And that is bad—very, very bad… Thu, 07 Jul 2016 03:50:11 EDT William E. Smith 99a52aad-b33f-43c7-92c2-357cc122a0d3 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/04/18/polygamy-genius-and-origin-religion Best-selling psychologist David P. Barash has religion all figured out: God the Father is simply the ultimate alpha male. Mon, 18 Apr 2016 03:09:56 EDT Michael Schulson caf99550-9bd5-41c6-9154-0becbbdd3428 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/07/17/whos-scared-polygamy-restrained-case-slippery-slope-argument Many rejoiced after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-same marriage nationally in late June. Others jeered. But whatever a person’s take on the Court’s ruling, Americans at this historical moment need to think about what, if anything, comes next for… Fri, 17 Jul 2015 02:14:07 EDT William E. Smith 52efded9-b219-461f-91cd-95108cbd2be6 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/03/dont-be-tooken-kimmy-schmidts-cult For all its laudable qualities—its complex characters, its unwavering if imperfect commitment to tackling race, class, and sexual violence—Tina Fey’s new Netflix comedy, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, falls prey to a classic American media blunder: it portrays new religious movements as… Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:15:05 EDT Megan Goodwin 63890d06-aee0-4360-92f8-8033e0128cb3 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/12/revealing-joseph-smiths-well-known-polygamy-doesnt-address-lds-churchs-bigger-problem News that the LDS Church has now publicly acknowledged founder Joseph Smith’s polygamous marriage to more than thirty women—one as young as fourteen years old—puts me in mind of a conversation I had one rainy September night with a bright… Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:55:30 EST Joanna Brooks 49ed69fe-aad8-4cb1-869d-0fc6fefa6a7b https://religiondispatches.org/2014/10/07/what-19th-century-marriage-controversies-can-tell-us-about-fight-over-gay-marriage The Supreme Court declined to hear five same-sex marriage cases on Monday, thus opening the door to the expansion of marriage rights into 30 states. For supporters the decision represents an unequivocal victory for equality, while for critics, this “redefinition… Tue, 07 Oct 2014 05:00:53 EDT Eric C. Miller 4e316302-c9f2-4390-a2c4-8e001b7d9cde https://religiondispatches.org/2014/04/24/lds-church-asserts-trademark-mormon Attempts to shut down new dating site. Thu, 24 Apr 2014 02:52:32 EDT Holly Welker 4af04f04-9446-4d12-ad0d-b39d84367879 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/16/lds-church-us-government-swap-positions-polygamy Utah judge Clark Waddoups strikes down part of polygamy law in case of Sister Wives’ Kody Brown, ruling that although the state has the right to deny people more than one valid marriage license at a time, Utah’s anti-cohabitation laws violate the Browns’ First Amendment right to freedom of religion and elements of constitutional due process. Mon, 16 Dec 2013 03:00:09 EST Holly Welker 0a3f3782-c32e-4cd8-8a4f-9b27f8c0af0b https://religiondispatches.org/2013/05/20/why-weve-opened-our-doors-polygamy-usa There is a general misconception that men among the community look to plural marriage as a means to satisfy their lust and exploit and degrade women. It is this stereotype that we would like to dispel. Mon, 20 May 2013 11:58:46 EDT Claude Cawley fc37f9b3-b480-49af-a7aa-12ccee7c5c26 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/04/26/big-love-saudi-style In my years of travel throughout the Muslim world, I’ve literally never met a person with a second spouse. And I’ve met a lot of people. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:41:28 EDT Haroon Moghul 721d539d-9f38-4602-bdfa-2dc663891573 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/04/04/pro-family-crowd-should-welcome-polygamy On Fox News Laura Ingraham takes on gay marriage and… single parenthood? Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:35:36 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge b9902889-be3e-4830-976a-9135922380e4 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/03/04/significant-changes-lds-scripture-reflect-shifting-church-views-racist-history Polygamy and LDS scripture historicity also addressed in biggest revisions since 1981. Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:24:42 EST Joanna Brooks f37477ed-9a00-4ba8-bae1-f2cb90a3819b https://religiondispatches.org/2012/11/21/no-father-gay-sky-isnt-falling Vatican spokesman asks: if same-sex marriage is recognized by law, why not polygamy and polyandry? Really? Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:00:17 EST Jay Michaelson ccba2c02-2f6e-4913-b0c2-1d6b9660b569 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/29/choose-right-not-racism-gov-romney A letter to the Republican candidate on his birth certificate joke. Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:08:09 EDT Anthea Butler 3c3302df-4918-45da-81d9-80d60fa8e04f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/does-mormonism-encourage-lds-people-lie Why it’s hard to tell the truth about Mormonism and polygamy—even for Mitt Romney. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:19:10 EDT Joanna Brooks b46fd9b2-4f39-43bc-9423-967d17b814c7 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/17/traditional-marriage-one-man-many-women-some-girls-some-slaves So, let’s see if I can total all this up. Traditional marriage is one man with multiple wives, multiple concubines, wives conquered in war and wives acquired in levirate marriage, possibly including girls under the age of ten, but definitely not including anyone of a different ethnic group, in an arranged marriage with disposition of property as its purpose. That seems very different from “one man, one woman,” does it not? Thu, 17 May 2012 12:25:57 EDT Jay Michaelson ee4b19cb-6985-4e36-8669-6326fc9e39db https://religiondispatches.org/2012/02/08/lds-church-response-prop-8-begs-question-polygamy Meanwhile, progressive Mormons welcome court ruling. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:01:20 EST Joanna Brooks 11403958-5a82-4103-9b60-344949d68066 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/11/20/dark-sisters-opera-aims-humanize-sister-wives A conversation with composer Nico Muhly. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:03:15 EST Joanna Brooks f335b782-007c-4d28-9b52-e566206a655e https://religiondispatches.org/2011/08/18/moses-facebook-christian-pro-soccer-televangelist-breakfast-cereal-child-preachers A roundup of the week’s religion headlines. Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:47:47 EDT Michael J. Altman 8da1de20-fe5d-4301-984e-7787ee8fb1c1 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/08/09/polygamist-warren-jeffs-convicted-sexual-assault Case shows how statute of limitations should be lifted for sexual crimes against children. Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:08:30 EDT Anthea Butler 597e438b-b921-4064-b0be-ebf7faf84cfd https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/21/will-gay-rights-pave-way-decriminalizing-mormon-polygamy New legal challenge invokes Lawrence. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:11:41 EDT Joanna Brooks ecf379f4-dcee-4111-a4a7-2d91095e8d92 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/12/sister-wives-stars-file-suit-legalize-polygamy Even in mainstream LDS communities, the polygamy question is wide open. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:36:16 EDT Joanna Brooks 028809c3-2d79-46dd-b22a-45849da3961f