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	Polygamy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In social anthropology, polygamy is the practice of marriage to more than one spouse simultaneously (as opposed to monogamy where each person has only one spouse at a time).
		Polygamy is most widely practiced by Muslims in West Africa (where it is also widely practiced by non-Muslims), as well as in certain traditionalist Arabian states such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates; in the rest of the Muslim world, it is extremely rare, with some countries even banning it.
		Polygamy is practiced by the Fremen in Frank Herbert's Dune as a means to pinpoint male infertility.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polygamy (6710 words)

	Polygamy FAQ
		Polygamy was lived secretly in the LDS church from about 1831 to 1852.
		Polygamy was lived openly from 1852 to 1890 by the LDS church in Utah.
		Polygamy was taken from us by the Federal government, and we still harbor a deep distrust of governments in general, and of the Federal Government in particular.
	www.absalom.com /mormon/polygamy/faq.htm (1608 words)

	Polygamy, the Quranic way. Marriage-women-multiple-wives-wife-rights-husbands-family
		Polygamy was a way of life until the Quran was revealed 1400 years ago.
		When the earth was young and under-populated, polygamy was one way of populating it and bringing in the human beings needed to carry out God's plan.
		Polygamy to substitute a younger wife is an abuse of God's law (4:19).
	www.submission.org /polygamy.html (563 words)

	USATODAY.com - Polygamy laws expose our own hypocrisy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Contrary to the court's statements, the practice of polygamy is actually one of the common threads between Christians, Jews and Muslims.
		Polygamy is still present among Jews in Israel, Yemen and the Mediterranean.
		However, banning polygamy is no more a solution to child abuse than banning marriage would be a solution to spousal abuse.
	www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/columnist/2004-10-03-turley_x.htm (912 words)

	Plural marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There is considerable dispute about how many members practiced polygamy in the religious movement's early years; the LDS Church maintains that most extensive use of plural marriage was by a minority of Mormon leaders in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the mid- to late-19th century.
		In August, Rudge Clawson was imprisoned for having entered into polygamous marriage before the 1862 Morrill Act, which imprisonment was in clear violation of the constitutional ban on ex post facto laws.
		It should be noted that the LDS Church teaches that even in the afterlife the marriage relationship is voluntary so it is presumed that no man or woman can be forced into an eternal relationship through temple sealing that they do not wish to be in.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plural_marriage (2917 words)

	Globally, Polygamy Is Commonplace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Polygamy is the most prevalent in Muslim countries where there are no laws against it, and in communities that are more traditional and agrarian.
		Polygamy was an accepted practice among early Hebrews, including several revered biblical figures such as Abraham, David and Solomon (who was the most married, with 700 wives and 300 concubines).
		Another common practice in Mormon and Indian polygamy was for a man to marry a widow or divorced woman with a daughter by her first marriage.
	www.polygamy.com /articles/templates/?a=33&z=0 (1844 words)

	Deborah Anapol - Polygamy: Another Lovestyle
		Polygamy had given me a framework for how to integrate these polarities in a responsible way.
		If polygamy were an accepted relationship form in our society, might it ease some of the deep social problems of, on the one hand, family violence and disintegration and, on the other hand, the alienation of the maritally disenfranchised - the lonely single?
		In polygamy, dependency is diffused, spread between several adults, thus lessening the burden on any one person.
	www.context.org /ICLIB/IC10/Anapol.htm (1995 words)

	biology - Polygamy
		Polygamy, literally many marriages in ancient Greek, is a marital practice in which a person has more than one spouse simultaneously (as opposed to monogamy where each person has a maximum of one spouse at any one time).
		Polygamy is the anthropological term, which can be either polygyny (one man having multiple wives) or polyandry (one woman having multiple husbands).
		With Christian polygamy's "love-not-force" standard and secular polygamy's "free choice" paradigm, these "pro-woman" models of polygamy have emerged to break down the mistaken stereotypes of polygamy in general.
	biosphere.biologydaily.com /biology/Polygamy (3568 words)

	Utah History Encyclopedia
		Polygamy was not openly practiced in the Mormon Church until 1852 when Orson Pratt, an apostle, made a public speech defending it as a tenet of the church.
		In 1854 the Republican party termed polygamy and slavery the "twin relics of barbarism." In 1862 the United States Congress passed the Morrill Act, which prohibited plural marriage in the territories, disincorporated the Mormon Church, and restricted the church's ownership of property.
		Those who practiced polygamy were disqualified from jury service, and those who professed a belief in it could not serve in a polygamy case.
	www.media.utah.edu /UHE/p/POLYGAMY.html (1297 words)

	BBC - Religion & Ethics - Polygamy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There are said to be over 30,000 people practising polygamy in Utah, Idaho, Montana and Arizona, who either regard themselves as preserving the original Mormon beliefs and customs, or have merely adopted polygamy as a desired way of life and not as part of the teachings of any church.
		The most public anti-polygamy action in recent years was the case of Tom Green who was sentenced to five years in prison for bigamy in Utah in August 2001, despite arguing that he was permitted several wives because of his beliefs.
		Polygamy was much in the media spotlight during the Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City in 2002.
	www.bbc.co.uk /religion/religions/mormon/features/polygamy.shtml (523 words)

	POLYGAMY
		According to Father Eugene Hillman in his insightful book, Polygamy reconsidered, "Nowhere in the New Testament is there any explicit commandment that marriage should be monogamous or any explicit commandment forbidding polygamy." 53 Moreover, Jesus has not spoken against polygamy though it was practiced by the Jews of his society.
		It should not be understood that the Quran is exhorting the believers to practice polygamy, or that polygamy is considered as an ideal.
		69 By consensual polygamy they mean a polygamy that is sanctioned by the community and to which all the parties involved have agreed, as opposed to the usually secret man-sharing which is detrimental both to the wife and to the community in general.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Park/9257/tazkirah/wanita/wanita15.html (2261 words)

	Polygamists in the Bible -- Directory - Biblical Polygamy . com
		This list does not include those polygamists who are indeed in the Bible, but of whose polygamy cannot be verified by the Bible itself.
		In cases such as Abdon, having 40 sons, for example, is strong implication of the occurrence of polygamy.
		Simultaneously, in the case such as with Hosea, the reference to what appears to be another wife, yet lacks other support, is an acknowledged weaker implication of the possibility of an occurrence of polygamy.
	www.biblicalpolygamy.com /polygamists (207 words)

	book review and links related to Mormon Polygamy: A History by Richard Van Wagoner
		If you are interested in the history of Mormon polygamy I recommend this book over Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith or No Man Knows My History which are both worth reading, but they don't go into the history or detail of Mormon polygamy in nearly as much depth as Van Wagoner.
		In this comprehensive survey of Mormon polygamy, Richard Van Wagoner details, with precision and detachment, the tumultuous reaction among insiders and outsiders to plural marriage.
		He presents polygamy in context, neither condemning nor defending, while relevant contemporary accounts are treated sympathetically but interpreted critically.
	www.lds-mormon.com /polygamy.shtml (685 words)

	Polygamy
		The purpose of this article is to show if polygamy "in the beginning" was the original intent and purpose that God had in mind for Adam and all of Adam kind.
		A man that "justifies" polygamy from the Bible has put himself unknowingly in a very awkward theological position, and is already on a wrong premise.
		The polygamy way is for a man to take multiple women into his own home, and to care for them and love them.
	bibletruths.150m.com /Polygamy.htm (2864 words)

	Mormon polygamy
		Much of the current evidence for the early practice of polygamy in Mormonism was ironically caused by Joseph Smith's son who, like his mother Emma, abhored the practice.
		Although polygamy was illegal in Canada and Mexico, too, colonies of polygamists were set up in these countries to possibly continue the practice after it no longer became feasible in the United States.
		The prophet recently made several erroneous statements with regard to polygamy's history in the church even though he is well versed in the real history.
	www.lds-mormon.com /mormon_polygamy.shtml (840 words)

	Welcome to the official website of "The Principle" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Polygamy is illegal in Utah and forbidden by the Arizona constitution.
		Polygamy had deprived me of the steady companionship of a husband, and my children the presence of a father.
		In the past 150 years every single solitary case ruled upon by either a federal or state court in regards to the practice of polygamy and whether it was a protected religious freedom has ruled against the practice of polygamy.
	www.polygamyinfo.com /frontdoor.htm (4203 words)

	POLYGAMY
		Polygamy is a broader term which includes any multiple union including polyandry, which is a woman having more than one husband.
		Polygamy is not commanded in the Scriptures except in a certain circumstance.
		I STRONGLY recommend that a husband NEVER force his wife to accept polygamy. That would be a very selfish and unloving thing to do and would demonstrate that polygamy is NOT for you.
	coohmp.homestead.com /POLYGAMY.html (4307 words)

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		Their main argument is against the permission given towards polygamy in Islam.
		They agree, in general, that Islam's approach to polygamy is most balanced and rational and is based on the moral, psychological and physiological demands of men and women (The Independent 13).
		The Quranic verse that allows polygamy should be read in the context it was revealed.
	members.tripod.com /islamiczone/women.htm (1140 words)

	AsianWeek.com: National News: Hmong Americans Grapple With Lingering Effects of Polygamy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Based on his understanding of clans and his discussions with those families, Xiong estimates between 270 and 450 men are practicing polygamy in Minnesota, each with an average of two wives and 14 children.
		Polygamy exists as part of a quiet Hmong subculture that’s dominated by patriarchy and traditional values, Yang said.
		But polygamy is also done for practical reasons — for economic security for women, many of whom are older and can’t speak English; and to make sure children grow up with both parents.
	www.asianweek.com /2002_11_22/news_polygamy.html (1019 words)

	Poligamy
		However, the kind of polygamy that the Lord teaches is quite different from what our critics accuse us of.
		Many of the critics of polygamy say that God never endorse this kind of living, and that such a practice is an abomination to God.
		But when it came to the subject of polygamy, there is no record of Him having utter one negative word.
	www.fortunecity.com /millenium/tinkywinky/316/poligami.htm (2499 words)

	Women in Islam - Part 14- Polygamy? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Polygamy in most African societies is such a respectable institution that some Protestant churches are becoming more tolerant of it.
		After a careful study of African polygamy, Reverend David Gitari of the Anglican Church has concluded that polygamy, as ideally practiced, is more Christian than divorce and remarriage as far as the abandoned wives and children are concerned.
		By consensual polygamy they mean a polygamy that is sanctioned by the community and to which all the parties involved have agreed, as opposed to the usually secret man-sharing which is detrimental both to the wife and to the community in general.
	www.islamicity.com /mosque/w_islam/poly.htm (2340 words)

	Polygamy in the NT period
		Polygamy and concubinage among the aristocracy is attested by Josephus, Ant.
		In the reworked version of the statutes of the king in the Temple Scroll, it is stated: "he shall not take another wife in addition to her, for she alone shall be with him all the days of her life" (LVII 17-8).
		So, polygamy was present only in a particular subset of Palestinian Judaism (not in Roman society, Greek society, Diaspora Jewish communities, the Hillel-school, or Dead Sea Sect), and generally confined to the aristocracy.
	www.christian-thinktank.com /polygame.html (1843 words)

	Polygamy
		They as a church practiced polygamy from about 1832 to after 1890 while the 1835 DandC 101:4 (which was Scripture until 1876), both the Bible (Timothy 3:1-13) and the Book of Mormon (Mosiah 11:2; Ether 10:5 Jacob 1:15, 2:24;) originally condemned the practice of polygamy.
		Emma never accepted polygamy, and while Joseph Smith died in 1844 at the age of 38, Emma lived to the old age of 75 and became the driving force behind the founding of the reorganization that we know today known as the RLDS church located Independence, Missouri.
		If the doctrine of polygamy, as revealed to the Latter-day Saints, is not true, I would not give a fig for all your other revelations that came through Joseph Smith the Prophet; I would renounce the whole of them, because it is utterly impossible,...
	www.letusreason.org /LDS%209.htm (4298 words)

	Christian Polygamy INFO ™
		Only a few short years ago, the mere suggestion of putting the words, "Christian" and "Polygamy", beside each other as one term would have been laughed at.
		Christian Polygamy has become a reality and is now being taken very seriously in a number of spheres of influence.
		Polygamy Resources / Links page provides links to other credible and important web-sites, providing sub-topic niche-specific information.
	www.christianpolygamy.info (442 words)

	Salt Lake City Messenger, August 1998, Covering Up Mormon Polygamy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In her letter she stated: "According to intake records, Tapestry of Polygamy has witnessed fathers married to daughters, brothers to sisters, cousins married to one another, and nieces who have married their uncle (contrary to public belief these are not relationships isolated to the Kingston family).
		Polygamy and Truth--Salt Lake City Messenger, January 1988: An overview of the origins and history of Mormon Polygamy from its inception, through a United States Senate Investigation at the turn of the century, and on to present times.
		The 1831 Polygamy Revelation--From Answering Dr. Clandestine: A Response to the Anonymous LDS Historian, by Jerald and Sandra Tanner: A rebuttal to the many accusations found in Jerald and Sandra Tanner's Distorted View of Mormonism, By a Latter-day Saint Historian.
	www.xmission.com /~country/slcm/slcm94b.htm (9769 words)

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