Now I know why the states are red. lol!!!

[Happy Monkey]

The closest thing in Big Love to make you want to believe otherwise is a possible letter that proves the denunciation of polygamy was, at the time, intended to be temporary. But none of the LDS members in the show are polygamous, and the main characters aren't LDS.

That said, the polygamy in the Old Testament is essentially the same as original Mormon polygamy, so it was messed up in a fairly normal way in that respect.

[Pie]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

That said, the polygamy in the Old Testament is essentially the same as original Mormon polygamy, so it was messed up in a fairly normal way in that respect.

And it's still widely practiced throughout the world:

Originally Posted by wikipedia

According to the Ethnographic Atlas Codebook, of the 1231 societies noted, 186 were monogamous. 453 had occasional polygyny, 588 had more frequent polygyny, and 4 had polyandry.