Who are the Heroes of Mormon Fundamentalism?

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They men are also heroes to the orthodox, LDS Church but for different reasons.</div> <bR> <div> Both the fundamentalists and the orthodox church exalt Joseph as the founder of the Mormon faith. He was the first and only Latter-day prophet who communicated with God contemporaneously on nearly every subject that was of public interest during his dispensation. Joseph Smith laid the foundation of the LDS Church that over time, through trial and error, evolved into a powerful family orientated church.</div> <bR> <div> Brigham Young is eulogized by the LDS Church as the leader who won the trust of the majority of Saints after the death of Joseph Smith - then lead them into the little-known western territory. Historians praise him as a great colonizer and leader of people. But the fundamentalist glorify him not as an American pioneer who helped tame and settle the west, but as a polygamist and autocrat who defied and despised the United States Government.</div> <div>  </div> <div> The polygamists exalt Brigham Young because he was an expansionist who dreamed of one day being an imperialist. Once settled in the Great Basin, his first big ambition was the creation of the State of Deseret. From there he dreamed of becoming the President of the United States, where he would have changed our form of government to a theocratic monarchy. Just imagine - the United States governed by a polygamist prophet? And its safe to say he would have ruled the nation like he ruled the Utah Territory - with an iron fist. </div> <bR> <div> The fundamentalists love Brigham Young for his irreversible commitment to polygamy as an unconditional prerequisite to exaltation. But for Brigham, polygamy was the means to an end - power, money, and more power. He needed manpower to build up the [his] kingdom, and thought he could accomplish that feat faster with polygamy than the missionaries could by converting Europeans. He skillfully ignored the fact that polygamy appealed to the erotic nature of man.</div> <bR> <div> However, in spite of efforts to distract from the erotic, the erotic undertones of polygamy far out manifest the dubious, fancy euphemisms. You don’t have to be a prophet, scholar, lawyer or politician to know that no human experience is more satisfying and pleasurable than orgasm - unless its sadism or masochism - the perverted mixture of pain, humiliation and orgasm.</div> <div> The fundamentalist revere John Taylor because he successfully evaded the federal marshals who sought to arrest him. While in hiding John Taylor allegedly held a secret eight-hour meeting where he selected a few loyal men and charged them with covertly keeping plural marriage alive and not let one year pass without a baby being born in the true and everlasting covenant. One of these lucky men was a fellah named Lorin Woolley who waited twenty years to tell the story. It is from this fantastic, disputable tale that the vast majority of fundamentalists claim authority.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Secular and Mormon polygamy</B></div> <bR> <div> Mormon polygamy differs from secular polygamy in many ways. Secular polygamy suggests an amoral, non judicial union between two or more persons, a state recognized contract that would have to include same sex marriages. In addition, to be fair and politically correct, secular polygamy would have to include polyandrous relationships, where one woman services two or more men - a kind of brothel approach to marriage.</div> <bR> <div> Mormon polygamy is actually polygyny - where one man gets to service two or more ladies. Polygamy is a catchall term that works for either the guy or the gal.</div> <bR> <div> A marriage, either monogamous or polygamous, is a union between two or more people under the control of a power greater than the union - a state or a church. The reason for the greater power is to regulate who has sex with whom. Mormon polygyny is irrevocably wedded to a theocracy where one man, a prophet, controls sexual contact via marriage. A theocracy is a divinely inspired political system that attempts to supersede all other forms of government.</div> <bR> <div> A classic example of a modern day theocracy, in action, is the FLDS or United Effort Plan, UEP, or what ever else you want to call it. Warren Jeffs ejected dozens of men from their homes in Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah. He took from these men their wives and children and church membership, then sent them packing down the road. One of the men was the mayor of Colorado City.</div> <bR> <div> There was no due process to depose the mayor. No other public official or lawman came to the mayors rescue, or challenged Jeffs’ theocratic authority - because in Hildale and Colorado City, Jeffs’ authority exceeds the farcical constitutional authority that is nothing more than a veneer so that the polygamist communities will qualify for state and federal monies. The mayor and the other men were so conditioned to the rule of a theocracy that they didn’t ask for help. From all appearances, they meekly submitted, obeyed and trotted forlornly down the road. </div> <bR> <div> This is what I think of the FLDS. It is a parasitical, anti-American monarchy sucking on the tits of a democracy - an arrogant insult to the spilled blood of millions of American servicemen who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Warren Jeffs has exploited that freedom by using constitutional law to reinforce his monarchy - and government has let him get away with it It doesn’t make sense. Any more than it would make sense to change our national language from English to Spanish just to accommodate Latin American aliens. </div> <bR> <div> If we lift one taboo from the present sanctity of marriage, are we not morally obligated to lift them all? Fifty percent of monogamous marriages end in divorce. In polygamous marriages, where there is twice as much stress, the success ratio is far below monogamy. Think of the legal headaches that would result if polygamy were decriminalized, creating more work and more dependence upon lawyers. Is that really what the people of Utah and the nation want? Nevertheless, that’s the agenda of Principle Voices, and the men hiding behind their skirts, giving poor advise but a lot of hope. </div> <bR> <div> As I have said before, I am both grateful and a fan of Principle Voices. They have been instrumental in bringing to the forefront issues that need to be addressed, not just by our fearless politicians and public officials, but by the LDS Church. Lets stop "pussyfooting around" and "beating around the bush." Lets confront the issue of polygamy head on and let the people of Utah know once and for all, where the Mormon dominated legislature, government officials and law enforcement - but most of all, where the LDS Church stands on the issues of Mormon polygamy and decriminalization? It doesn’t make sense to have laws prohibiting polygamy and not enforce those laws. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arrus BT" >Contact me at:  </FONT><A HREF="mailto:webmaster@polygamyversuscommonsense.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:webmaster@polygamyversuscommonsen"><U>webmaster@polygamyversuscommonsense.com</U></A> .                                                                            <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arrus BT" ><B>Copyright 2004 John R. Llewellyn and Power Link ISP, Inc. 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