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It's just as absurd to assert that Romney has a harem of wives, just because he is Mormon, as it is to assert that Obama is really from Kenya, just because his father was born there.
Both assertions are absurd, but in Romney's case, he couldn't remain LDS if he had a harem of wives (or even just one besides Ann), since polygamy is an excommunicable offense in the LDS Church.
Who, in all the world, cares in the slightest what Bill Maher thinks about anything?
I'm guessing someone's watching they just renewed the show for two more years. How are your ratings?
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Both assertions are absurd, but in Romney's case, he couldn't remain LDS if he had a harem of wives (or even just one besides Ann), since polygamy is an excommunicable offense in the LDS Church.
Sure seems that multi wife idea is popular, wonder where the idea came from????
Big Love, Sister Love, both based in Utah... Hmmm, "Polygamy is illegal in Utah although guidelines issued by the Utah attorney general state that bigamy laws 'have not been enforced against adult consenting polygamists' unless abuse, domestic violence or fraud are alleged. "
Not a wifer here, but how many of "la esposa" are from south of the border? Not that I believe it, but with his family ties to Mexico this is a question that he needs to be forthcoming with. He needs to release all the documents now.
Sure seems that multi wife idea is popular, wonder where the idea came from????
Well, I'll tell you where it didn't come from -- reality.
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Big Love, Sister Love, both based in Utah... Hmmm, "Polygamy is illegal in Utah although guidelines issued by the Utah attorney general state that bigamy laws 'have not been enforced against adult consenting polygamists' unless abuse, domestic violence or fraud are alleged. "
Ah... "Big Love"... my favorite show. Too bad it finally ended. I don't know if you watched it or not, but the polygamist family depicted were not members of the same church Mitt Romney belongs to, and that was made quite clear from the outset. Ditto with "Sister Wives" (it's not "Sister Love," by the way). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints banned polygamy 122 years ago. Today, there is no faster way for a member of the LDS Church to get himself excommunicated than to be found in a polygamous relationship. There are no extenuating circumstances.
The only reason that bigamy laws are not more strictly enforced in Utah (or anywhere else, for that matter) than they are is that it's a very difficult thing to prove. How do you prove that a man is "married" to three different women in three separate households or just taking turns co-habitating with them? Only the first marriage would have been legally performed in most cases, so technically you have a man married to one woman and living with two or three women, sleeping with them, having children with them and (sometimes but not always) supporting all of them without relying on government welfare.
bigotry is towards someone for who they are... something they can't change..
seeing as how religion is a choice... criticism is fair game
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