Comments on: Sister-Wives

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:43:35 +0000

# 53; Wow! Well..my mother was a hairdresser. She handled the whole San Fernando Valley for women wanting their hair done in the Salt Lake Style. My Mission was paid for out of tips by these ladies…..never mind.

By: MikeInWeHo

MikeInWeHo — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:33:47 +0000

re: 52
Sorry Bob, no. One word: Brokeback

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:07:47 +0000

#50 My Dad was 3rd Generation Swede in Moroni, Utah. In school., almost all the kids were his 1st cousins due to polygamy and the size of the town.
#49 no YMCA,Pro football, now not even a Pirate! Is Mountain man still open?

By: jab

jab — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:10:56 +0000

Virginia, if you’ve ever read any of the journals/biographies of women who lived polygamy it’s kind of hard to be light-hearted about polygamy. The ‘outsiders’ shedding light on the positive aspects of polygamy are not even coming close to the reality of it. Making a double batch of soup and inviting another family for dinner or watching someone’s children while they play is what good friends and neighbors do, that’s it. But the idea of people ‘playing at polygamy’ has already been brought up in this post. Watch children playing house – how close does that come to the reality and entirety of married home life?

By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:43:55 +0000

I remember sitting in a movie theater a year and half ago in-between my girlfriend and her sister (who had no date that night). The theater was packed to see “Failure to Launch”, and as the previews projected themselves onto the screen I’ll never forget how I held my breath as I was introduced to “Big Love” for the first time.

“Yeah; we’re Mormons!” my girlfriends’ sister hollered, as only a southern girl could, at the end of the preview. (Why she did it, I’ll never know.) And it was truly like a scene from a movie where everyone turns to look in one direction as all eyes focused on little ole’ me placed prominently between to beautiful LDS women…

Those southerners scowled and scorned by throwing out a few insults before the previews ended, and I could tell that evening that Polygamy still had no cozy place in the hearts of my fellow Americans.

Fast forward to today. Two of best friends joined the Church after falling in love with “Big Love”. “The show made polygamy seem normal,” they both told me (plural marriage had been a huge hang-up for them and accepting latter day prophets). And now we have Michiganders saluting each other with the term sister-wife.

BEAUTIFUL!

If Mitt wins in ’08 I’ll be one of the first to begin lobbying for some legistlation to rescind all those Anti-Polygamy Acts.

I’m up for it, and NO, not because of the sex. But because it is an eternal principle…And well, heck, it just looks so fun on HBO…

By: Virginia

Virginia — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:28:32 +0000

The overstating is done by those who portray all fundamentalist Mormons as backwater hillbillies who marry their first cousins.

Ben, thank you for that. Coming from a backwater area like
Appalachian Kentucky, it’s slightly easier for me to connect with my *initial*LDS bretheren/sisteren now. We too, are stereotyped as being backwater hillbillies who marry our cousins. And, occasionally, don’t wear shoes.

In response to the origional post – I do think it’s fitting that we required an outsider to shed light on the positive aspects of polygamy. The clearest view is often had from one who is not involved in the fight, and as members of the church, most of us are far too involved, I think, to be completely fair with the issue. We’re too used to people automatically pushing the bad aspects that we’ve all but forgotten that there was a REASON for polygamy in the church in the first place (Not that I’m saying it should be here now, divine revelation and all, it’s had it’s day).

Just my two cents.

By: MikeInWeHo

MikeInWeHo — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:27:35 +0000

My peeps in WeHo have already got the pirates thing covered, guys. I’m pretty sure that’s a ship most of you don’t want to board…. :)

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:12:47 +0000

#47..it’s encoded in the Porter Rockwell Web-Site. (sorry that’s peep stone). Note: Must supply your own sword of Laban.

By: Ben There

Ben There — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:28:59 +0000

Mormon polygamist/fundamentalist is one niche sect I can possibly understand, but Mormon Peeping Pirates? Why, I never! ;)

Where do I sign up, though?

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:46:10 +0000

#44…we will be using peek stones.