robuchan wrote:Grindael, I'm interested in what you say here.
It is interesting that Joseph Smith mentioned the word polygamy when he was informed of the indictments instead of adultery, which is what they were charging him with. This shows that he equated what he was doing with the practice of polygamy and that is how he described what he was being accused of.
This would give interesting insight, but I skimmed through the blog post and your post in response and missed that. What did you mean by this?
As soon as Joseph was informed that he was being indicted, he assumed it was about polygamy. Journal entry for Sat. May 25:
[They] informed me [there] were 2 indictments found against me. One for false swearing by R[obert] D. Foster and Joseph Jackson and one for polygamy or something else by the Laws, the particulars of which I shall learn more hereafter.
Smith was informed there were 2 indictments and he assumed the second was for polygamy, when it was actually for adultery.
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Yet another 'family values' type is caught with his pants down ref this whole Ashley Madison hack. I wonder what type of Joseph Smith-esque dodge and weave he's going to pull?
Here's a great comment from one of the thread's contributors:
[–]LittleHoof 121 points an hour ago
Hello Mr Duggar, Remind me again why I as a gay man shouldn't be allowed to marry my partner? Oh that's right - it would ruin marriage for the rest of you... Our faithfulness to each other might make your weakness look rotten by contrast perhaps? I can see why that scares you. You should be scared you cheating hypocrite.
It'd be funny if there were accounts tied to the COB. Heh.
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