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Social And Political Reactions To Polygamy
"We are a peculiar people," Elder Bruce R. McConkie once said (McConkie 25).
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of a few "odd" Christian religions.
Many of its practices have created much persecution and political reaction, polygamy
being one of these. It created much social and political persecution of the Mormons.
Most of this persecution had come from anti-polygamist Christians. This is ironic
because the anti-polygamists believed in the Bible, but not polygamy, one of its teachings.
Many of God's righteous followers in the Old Testament practiced polygamy. Abraham
married Hagar, Sarai's handmaiden (Genesis 16:1-3).
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