When people debate gay marriage, some argue that it could lead to legalized polygamy. Host Michel Martin asks how, and if it would even matter. She speaks with Austin Nimocks of the Alliance ...

Check out these books about polygamy if you’re fascinated by the ‘Sister Wives’ clan. by Laura Dorwart. ... Wall was coerced into marriage as a child bride at the age of 14.

The church seems to agree, at least so far as to publish through Deseret Book a new tome called “Let’s Talk About Polygamy” by LDS church historian Brittany Chapman Nash.At a slim 134 pages ...

The book’s fulcrum is Wall’s 2001 arranged marriage at age 14 – despite her objections – to her cousin Allen Steed, then 19. The marriage is the basis of Utah’s criminal charges against ...

Dr. Ben Carson argued in a radio talk show interview Thursday that there was nothing to stop the legalization of gay marriage from leading to polygamy and more. IE 11 is not supported.

A central argument of “Marriage and Civilization” is that monogamy, just like polygamy, is an elite-driven enterprise. Monogamy requires self-restraint and forward thinking among the strongest.

Smith first dictated the revelation about plural marriage on July 12, 1843, though he always denied it outside the Mormon community, and the polygamy doctrine was not publicly acknowledged until 1852.

Although Ann’s fate is unclear, her efforts to combat polygamy were successful. In September of 1890, tired of battling the U.S. government, the Mormon church officially renounced polygamy.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who wrote a book about polygamy, “A House Full of Females: Plural ...

He stopped by Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club” Morning Show, to promote his book “How To Get Out of Your Own Way,” and gave his two-cents on sex, marriage and polygamy.