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**elektikaka** · 12-04-2008, 11:27 PM

Originally posted by MrFun
Someone more knowledgeable can correct me, but isn't it the case that the majority of Mormons have turned away from polygamous marriages anyway? Romney was/is not polygamous is he?

Since my support for equal marriage rights is based on the monogamous structure of marriage, I don't see how it is illogical that I refuse to extend the same advocacy to polygamous relationships. The official stance of the Mormon Church is now against bigamy. Bigamy is outlawed in Utah, although some break-away sects still practice it. (IIRC, Utah outlawed bigamy as a condition of being admitted as a state.)

Not only is Romney not a bigamist, his "joke" during the campaign was that he was the only Republican candidate who'd had only one wife...all the rest had divorces and remarried at least once.

12-04-2008, 11:27 PM	#36
elektikaka Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 614 Senior Member	Originally posted by MrFun Someone more knowledgeable can correct me, but isn't it the case that the majority of Mormons have turned away from polygamous marriages anyway? Romney was/is not polygamous is he? Since my support for equal marriage rights is based on the monogamous structure of marriage, I don't see how it is illogical that I refuse to extend the same advocacy to polygamous relationships. The official stance of the Mormon Church is now against bigamy. Bigamy is outlawed in Utah, although some break-away sects still practice it. (IIRC, Utah outlawed bigamy as a condition of being admitted as a state.) Not only is Romney not a bigamist, his "joke" during the campaign was that he was the only Republican candidate who'd had only one wife...all the rest had divorces and remarried at least once.
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