The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much controversy as polygamy, called plural or celestial marriage within the church. It divided ...

“Any attempt to explain Joseph Smith’s practice of polygamy, especially to children, is going to clash with modern-day sensibilities. So long as the church regards polygamy as divinely ...

Dark clouds hovered over the church in the early 1840s, after rumors spread that its founder, Joseph Smith, had taken up the practice of polygamy. While denying the charge in public, by 1843 Smith ...

Polygamy, the practice of having multiple spouses, has been a topic of debate and discussion throughout history, with various ...

Pastor Ssempa argued that the current legal framework, which recognises monogamy as the only form of Christian marriage, is ...

(RNS) — This guest column is from Carol Lynn Pearson, author of “The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy,” reacting to the 2025 curriculum for children of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The founder of the Makerere Community Church, pastor Martin Sempa has called for the formal recognition of polygamy within Christian marriages during his appearance before the Committee on Legal and ...

The Mormon practice of polygamy, a part of church doctrine at the time that was publicly announced in 1852 but rumored much earlier, sparked accusations of sexual immorality and even white slavery ...

During the course of the legal proceedings with Novell, several people made allegations, which Billings said were false, that he preached the divine necessity of polygamy at a church that he founded.

Controversial pastor, Martin Ssempa has asked Parliament to legalise polygamy for Christians, criminalise adultery and set a minimum number of times for couples to honour their conjugal obligations.

"The major American experiment with multiple wives in one marriage, occurred, after all, in the 19th century with the early Mormon Church," he points out. A discussion of polygamy, then ...