Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ http://www.pri.org/stories/politics-society/latino-mormons-history-intertwined-with-romney-family-11905.html Politics and Society Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:00:00 -0500 Mitt Romney often talks about his heritage in Mexico, and his faith in the Mormon Church. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has a complicated history in Mexico -- it's growing rapidly today, but more than 100 years ago it was a place Mormons went to avoid a prohibition on polygamy. Politics and Society Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:59:05 -0500 When the Mormon church says they have nothing to do with polygamy, they should add, "not any more" and "not at this time." Mormon doctrine defends their earlier practice of polygamy as God-mandated, still allows for multiple wives in the hereafter, suggests that God Himself may be a polygamist, and holds that God may someday reinstate polygamy. The book "It’s Not About the Sex My A**" by Joanne Hanks does a good job explaining much of that. Or read the Doctrine and Covenants (which the Mormons regard as scripture), Section 132, where God states that taking multiple wives is a commandment. Politics and Society Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:46:55 -0500 If polygamy was currently practiced in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it would not be because of selfish or carnal reasons and not all would practice it. Note verse 61 of D&C 132. It is at the first wifes discretion on whether or not her husband can marry into the family another woman. I'm just curious, what leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has said that the LDS faith has "...nothing to do with polygamy"? Maybe you think this because the Lord has commanded them to not currently practice it. PRI: Public Radio International