Jim Henderson wrote:
> I stand corrected, but that also ignores the history of the Church and 
> what was "traditional" from the church's point of view.  How many wives 
> did Joseph Smith have again?
> 
> Jim

The truly stupid thing is, it was traditional for "large numbers" of the 
early settlers, as was arranged marriages. It wasn't until later that 
"both" fell out of favor. And the polygamy mainly because more liberal 
groups, who liked women to have rights, took a good hard look at it and 
realized that, as practiced, it pretty much completely denied "any" 
rights to the women. Well, than and the idea that women might, if given 
true rights, marry several men... Which would be the logical conclusion 
of any system that "respected" the people involved, instead of demanding 
that one of the two put out, shut up, and obey.

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