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Home ━ The European Conservative [Unofficial]May 15

UK Increases State Benefits for Multiple Wives Despite Ban on Polygamy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/uk-increases-state-benefits-for-multiple-wives-despite-ban-on-polygamy/

Bob the Traveler May 15

Heber J Grant, who died OTD in 1945, served as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; he had three wives https://toilet-guru.com/overview-faith.html?s=mb #polygamy #history

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Proto Himbo European May 14

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@guyjantic/116564009962120990

This wasn't idle musing. I don't have the answers, but I grew up #Mormon, with stories of the #LDS leaders being hunted and imprisoned for, IDK, maybe 5 decades, for practicing polygamy. The morality, reality, propaganda, etc. of that aside: I grew up in the US West bathed in stories of the Evil Government abusing my ancestors, ignoring other people abusing them, and then passing laws specifically to abuse them about their marriage choices (AFAIK #polygamy is illegal in the USA because of the moral panic surrounding Mormon polygamy in the 1800s). I grew up with the idea firmly in my mind that the government should stay the heck out of the marriage and relationship business.

Then that same church spent tons of money lobbying the US government to get involved in the marriage business--specifically, to make gay marriage illegal. The LDS leaders, those dry, boring, suit-wearing, drama-eschewing Men Of The Earth Etc., wrote amicus briefs in multiple court cases asking governments to get up in the marriage business of other people, told the faithful (and it's extremely authoritarian; the faithful believe what they're told to believe) that gay marriage was super duper evil, and even pressured/commanded (kind of the latter, but with plausible deniability) thousands of members in California and Hawaii to go door to door to convince their neighbors to vote against legalization of gay marriage.

After I left (a bit over a decade ago) the church doubled down, led by a new wave of far-right "fire and brimstone" men, and degraded the membership rights and privileges of gay and trans members... and their children.

But the message that the government could maybe stay the fuck out of people's relationships (I can say "fuck" now) is still in my head and heart. I don't know all the consequences or how it would work, but I think the government should let marriage be a personal and maybe religious experience with no government involvement whatsoever.

NewsletterTF May 1

Fundamentalist Mormon Sects Operate Under Strict Hierarchies, Polygamy Practices Detailed

Fundamentalist Mormon sect FLDS details authoritarian leadership, polygamy, and strict control by Warren Jeffs, who remains influential despite his prison sentence.

#FLDS #WarrenJeffs #Polygamy #Cults #ReligiousFreedom

https://newsletter.tf/flds-cult-leader-warren-jeffs-influence-polygamy/

NewsletterTF May 1

Reports reveal FLDS cult leader Warren Jeffs, jailed for life, may still influence members, continuing polygamy and strict control practices seen in the sect.

#FLDS #WarrenJeffs #Polygamy #Cults #ReligiousFreedom
https://newsletter.tf/flds-cult-leader-warren-jeffs-influence-polygamy/

Bob the Traveler Apr 30

Emma Smith, who died OTD in 1879, was the first of 49 wives of Joseph Smith and a leader in the early days of the Latter Day Saint movement; she claimed not to know about the other 48 https://toilet-guru.com/overview-faith.html?s=mb #history #polygamy

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Michael Perry Apr 16

Acorn Woodpecker is surprised - vexed, even! - that you didn’t know about their polygynandrous breeding collectives, wherein several adult males and several adult females collectively share the work of raising the young. This particular A.W. P.B.C. is inside a telephone pole. #AcornWoodpecker #Woodpecker #Polygynandry #photography #birds #birders #BirdWatching #BirdWatchers #California #LosAngeles #BirdPhoto #GriffithPark #DailyBird #BirdsOfPixelfed #BirdADay #DailyBird #BirdOfTheDay #LARiver #LosAngelesRiver #BirdsOfMastodon #cute #NaturePhotos #LAWildlife #Polygamy #Polygynandry

FediBoard Apr 12

On Africa trip, Pope Leo will face debate over polygamy as Catholicism booms
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/12/pope-leo-africa-trip-polygamy/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=Econopass%2Fmagazine%2FFLIPBOARD+EXCHANGE+FEED+%F0%9F%97%9E%EF%B8%8F
Leo’s early papacy has been defined largely by his response to President Donald Trump but a 10-day trip, starting Monday, will let the pope focus on spreading the faith. VATICAN CITY — This week, Pope Leo XIV will walk in the footsteps of his icon, Saint Augustine of Hippo, a towering theologian …
#pope #africa #polygamy