tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578950957986346975.post938452203520743283..comments2023-10-25T03:48:31.214-07:00Comments on Nomadic Entrepreneurs: A two way streetJacob and Kalli Hillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16733331398084455444noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578950957986346975.post-90848203544031640472011-07-03T10:20:36.878-07:002011-07-03T10:20:36.878-07:00I'm glad that polygamy is illegal too; I don&#...I'm glad that polygamy is illegal too; I don't like the idea of sharing my husband. I am also descended from a few polygamists, some famous ones even. <br /><br />However, I can't help but wonder if the polygamists will lobby for legal rights to marriage if gay marriage is recognized in all states. I do realize that it's a slippery slop argument, but it's something that keeps crossing my mind.<br /><br />Although in some ways, they might as well make it legal again. There are plenty of polygamists (esp. here in Utah) who don't get in legal trouble for it. It's just the ones like Warren Jeffs who promote underaged marriage.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020605792006010879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578950957986346975.post-15396719753605018272011-07-02T16:50:00.856-07:002011-07-02T16:50:00.856-07:00Ann Eliza Young, that is.Ann Eliza Young, that is.Jacob and Kalli Hillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733331398084455444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578950957986346975.post-18522632833149628302011-07-02T16:48:08.007-07:002011-07-02T16:48:08.007-07:00Eliza Ann Young, one of Brigham Young's disenc...Eliza Ann Young, one of Brigham Young's disenchanted wives, was a major reason polygamy became illegal in the US--she made her career with speaking engagements around the US and she testified against the practice in Congress. Personally I'm very grateful to her :) I would not want to share my husband. Even after it became illegal, it was continued to be practiced into the 1900s by many active LDS, including my own ancestors.<br />There may have been small cases of irregular marriage practiced here and there, but the LDS groups have been by far the largest and most organized, as far as I know. I'd be interested in the Civil War polygamy though, I'll have to check that out.Jacob and Kalli Hillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733331398084455444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578950957986346975.post-26825583806228429792011-07-02T15:44:33.468-07:002011-07-02T15:44:33.468-07:00Oh, and we were far from the only ones who practic...Oh, and we were far from the only ones who practiced non-traditional marriage in the U.S. There have been records of people in the South practicing it after the Civil War, and there were some "mountain men" who practiced it. It's just that we're the more famous and targeted ones ;)Laura A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02281382584845664329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578950957986346975.post-75051989850784963372011-07-02T15:42:26.685-07:002011-07-02T15:42:26.685-07:00Sometimes I feel like you have to be homophobic to...Sometimes I feel like you have to be homophobic to live in Utah County. Some of the things people get away with saying around here make me want to scream!<br /><br />And in doing research, I found out that Congress did not make polygamy illegal until 1862, and the law was made to target Mormons, hmm.Laura A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02281382584845664329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578950957986346975.post-28586040046720651792011-07-02T12:23:55.056-07:002011-07-02T12:23:55.056-07:00Something I just read--
"This new modern tole...Something I just read--<br />"This new modern tolerance is often a one-way street. Those who practice it expect everyone to tolerate them in anything they say or do, but show no tolerance themselves toward those who express differing viewpoints or defend traditional morality. Indeed, their intolerance is often most barbed toward those of religious conviction. But let there be no misunderstanding or deception: the First Amendment right of free speech applies to religious speech as well as to other kinds of speech. Believers of all faiths have every right to participate in and share their convictions in the public arena." (Bruce D. Porter, BYU conference talk, March 5, 2010 )ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01638748077991732530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4578950957986346975.post-31864167208026987222011-06-29T13:38:39.654-07:002011-06-29T13:38:39.654-07:00Well said!Well said!Laura H.noreply@blogger.com