Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Mormonism and polygamy
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Polygamy in other churches in the Latter Day Saint movement== [[Image:Teens from polygamous families.jpg|200px|thumb|Teens from polygamous families along with over 200 supporters demonstrate at a pro-polygamy rally in Salt Lake City in 2006<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dobner |first=Jennifer |date=20 August 2006 |title=Teens defend polygamy at Utah rally |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060820/ap_on_re_us/polygamy_rally |access-date=2012-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902171217/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060820/ap_on_re_us/polygamy_rally |archive-date=2 September 2006}}</ref>]]<!--end of image--> Over time, many of those who rejected the LDS Church's relinquishment of polygamy formed small, close-knit communities in areas of the Rocky Mountains. These groups continue to practice "the Principle". In the 1940s, LDS Church apostle [[Mark E. Petersen]] coined the term "[[Mormon fundamentalism|Mormon fundamentalist]]" to describe such people.<ref>Ken Driggs, "'This Will Someday Be the Head and Not the Tail of the Church': A History of the Mormon Fundamentalists at Short Creek," ''[[Journal of Church and State]]'' '''43''':49 (2001) at p. 51.</ref> Fundamentalists either practice as individuals, as families, or as part of organized denominations. Today, the LDS Church objects to the use of the term "Mormon fundamentalists" and suggests using the term "polygamist sects" to avoid confusion about whether the main body of Mormon believers teach or practice polygamy.<ref name="pbs">{{Cite web |title=The Mormons . Frequently Asked Questions . Dissent/Excommunication/Controversies β PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/mormons/faqs/controversies.html |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref> [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] (also referred to as the FLDS Church) continues to practice polygamy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/fundamentalist-church-jesus-christ-latter-day-saints |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)