Reviewed by Stephen Carter A blossom of faith That’s what opened in front of Abigail—just for an instant—when her stake president called her and her husband, Jacob, to be part of a pilot program to reintroduce plural marriage into the Mormon Church. Everything in her brain said no. But that blossom. Like most of us …
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Update: Issue 174
Same-Sex Marriage Temporarily Legalized in Utah Federal Judge Robert J. Shelby ruled on 20 December 2013 that Utah’s Amendment Three, Article 1 Section 29, which defines marriage as being solely between a woman and a man, is unconstitutional. “The state’s current laws deny its gay and lesbian citizens their fundamental right to marry and, in so …
Book Review: Revelation, Resistance & Mormon Polygamy, by Merina Smith
Reviewed by George D. Smith Revelation, Resistance & Mormon Polygamy: The Introduction and Implementation of the Principle, 1830–1853, Merina Smith (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2013). With this book, Merina Smith, a graduate of the University of Colorado with a Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego, has synthesized research …
The Curious Case of James Madison Monroe
By Edward Hogan Or, right-click here to download the audio file: The Curious Case of James Madison Monroe IN LATE SEPTEMBER of 1851, Howard Egan left Salt Lake City and headed east determined to find James Madison Monroe, whom he had just found out had been his wife’s lover. On 30 September …
“Texas Has Its Own View of Polygamists”: The Texas FLDS Raids and Trials
By Ken Driggs The 2008 Raid and Search ON 3 APRIL 2008 at 9 a.m., a force of Texas Rangers, sheriff’s deputies, other law officers, and Texas Child Protective Services (TCPS) representatives entered the Yearning for Zion Ranch (YFZ) with the first of two broad search warrants signed by 51st District Court Judge Barbara …
“I Could Love Them All”: Nauvoo Polygamy in the Marriage of Willard and Jennetta Richards
By Devery S. Anderson In August 1842, while Willard Richards was fulfilling some church assignments in New York, he penned a letter to someone “I esteem the dearest on earth, & whose absence I continually feel, but be assured that neither time nor distance, can obliterate those emotions of Love, of friendship, of attachment, …
Five Fish in a Barrel: Phineas and His Wives
By Deja Earley Deja Earley is the author of To the Mormon Newlyweds Who Thought the Bellybutton Was Somehow Involved, published by Signature Books. Or right-click here to download the audio file: Five Fish in a Barrel: Phineas and His Wives My ancestor Phineas Wolcott Cook didn’t learn about polygamy before he …
VERY Social Lives!
In this regular Cornucopia column, Curt Bench, owner and operator of Benchmark Books (BenchmarkBooks.com), a specialty bookstore in Salt Lake City that focuses primarily on used and rare Mormon books, tells stories—both humorous and appalling—from his 35-plus years in the LDS book business. Being a Mormon bookseller may not mean I get regular paychecks, …
In Defense of Polygamy — Well, Sort of…
I was very surprised. Sister Price was known not only for her dynamic, superbly organized Relief Society lessons, she was also a voice of authority in the ward. People rarely questioned her on points of doctrine or opposed her opinions. Sister Price meticulously prepared each lesson. Being a scriptorian and a Church history buff, she …