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Fundamentalist Mormons & Polygamy

Fundamentalist Mormons & Polygamy. Matthew Aquino Jose Alvarado Brandon Washington Selena Palomares Jeannae Carmichael Alison Gutierrez . History of Polygamy within the Mormon Church. Joseph Smith Founder of LDS Translated the Book of Mormon (Golden Plates)

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Fundamentalist Mormons & Polygamy

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  1. Fundamentalist Mormons & Polygamy Matthew Aquino Jose Alvarado Brandon Washington Selena PalomaresJeannae Carmichael Alison Gutierrez

  2. History of Polygamy within the Mormon Church • Joseph Smith • Founder of LDS • Translated the Book of Mormon • (Golden Plates) • Seen as a prophet to followers • Seen as a charlatan to outsiders

  3. Death of Joseph smith

  4. Mormons Ostracized (Historically) • Multiple objections to Mormonism (Mainly Polygamy) • Faith-based objections • Family-values-based objections • Political Objections (Masking a greater debate)

  5. The Civil War • Civil war background for Mormon question • North wanted Government intervention • South wanted government to stay out of the issue of Polygamy

  6. Representative Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia “If we discriminate to-ay against Mormons, to-morrow, perhaps, we shall discriminate against Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, or Catholics. The evils of such discrimination …have been wisely provided against in the Constitution.”

  7. Smith Teaching Polygamy • The affair with Fanny Alger • Keeping quiet • Recurring Visions • Afraid of both outcomes • Eventually taught polygamy as the word of God

  8. Brigham Young • Successor of Mormon church • Adopted Polygamy through Smith’s teaching • BYU • Was a key leader after Mormon’s migrated to Utah

  9. Historical Polygamy • Mormon acceptance was slow • Societal acceptance was near impossible • Brigham Young was one of the finest candidates • Freeing for women in some respects • Unusual to have more than 4 wives (Most had 1-2)

  10. Section of Order 44 •  ”…the Mormons in the attitude of an open and avowed defiance of the laws, and of having made war upon the people of this state. Your orders are, therefore, to hasten your operation with all possible speed. The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the state if necessary for the public peace--their outrages are beyond all description. If you can increase your force, you are authorized to do so to any extent you may consider necessary.”

  11. The end of the beginning • Many objections to the Mormon faith • The LDS had long history of Polygamy before the abandonment of the practice • They had a long history of persecution, especially regarding Polygamy • This persecution became more heated and prevalent due to the similarly tied issues of the civil war • This most likely causes the Fundamentalist Mormons to be more resolute and not give in to societal pressures

  12. The Split of Polygamy and the Mormon Church • Mormon Fundamentalists • Seek to uphold tenets and practices no longer held by mainstream Mormons (members of the LDS Church) • Principle most often associated with Mormon fundamentalism is plural marriage

  13. The Split of Polygamy and the Mormon Church • Many of the views are essential for obtaining the highest degree of exaltation in the celestial kingdom. • Today, the LDS Church will excommunicate any of its members who practice plural marriage or who otherwise closely associate themselves with Mormon fundamentalist practices.

  14. Start of Fundamentalist Mormonism • Laws Passed Against Polygamy: • 1862 – The Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act • 1874 – The Poland Act • 1882 – The Edmunds Act • 1887 – The Edmunds-Tucker Act • 1904 – “Second Manifesto” by Joseph Smith

  15. Warren Jeff's • Born: December 3, 1955 • After his fathers death, he became the prophet • He was raised to be the “Chosen One"

  16. Warrens’ Beliefs/Roles in polygamy • He ran everything in his “colony” • Jobs • Education • Money • Children • Wives

  17. Warrens’ Beliefs Continued • Jeffs was later arrested for sexually abusing the young girls. • Warren Jeffs is currently in Jail for the things he did in the “colony” with the women. • Sexual Abuse • Forced Marriage • Plural Marriages

  18. Warren Jeffs Now.. • He continues to run the church from jail • He still continues to arrange marriages

  19. Polygamy Today • Polygamy in the US has been present for a very long period of time • When the European settlers, came they very often took native wives and since these native wives allowed them to do it, they have adopted the practice

  20. Polygamy Today • Some of these tribes have also continued to use the polygamy practice in the 20th century also. • There are presently a few polygamists groups that still exist in the United States • More precisely members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) still participate in polygamy today

  21. Busting Myths • Not proving wrong, but rather exposing lack of hard evidence • Sex and Polygamy (Celestial Sealing) • Polygamy and Harems • Frontier Life

  22. Polygamous Families • Sister Wives • The family at the center of the reality show Sister Wives is celebrating after a federal judge ruled that key parts of Utah’s anti-polygamy laws are unconstitutional, and that polygamous families could no longer be arrested on felony charges.

  23. Works Cited

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