If you've been watching Larry King Live at all on CNN recently, you've seen a number of FLDS women being interviewed (and some men). They are very careful to say they "aren't wives," but are the "mother of his children," and that there's "no marriage." That sort of thing. They're obviously very carefully taught what to say and what not to say in order to not land in hot water.
So what you're saying is that they're self disclosed fornicators.
Oh, I think they think they're married in the eyes of God, but not the state, and they're very careful to dance around it all to make it look like they're virtuous nonetheless.
Larry King just doesn't know the right questions to ask. He should try these:
1) Does anyone in your community ever have sex?
2) How are young women in your community prepared for marriage, childbirth and child-rearing?
3) Are you all sealed for time and all eternity to your spouses?
4) Do you regard a "sealing" and a "marriage" as different things?
5) How do you share child-rearing responsibilities with sister-wives?
6) Is there ever a reason you feel you have to be careful with your answers or not answer questions directly?
and edited to add this one:
7) Is sex outside of marriage forbidden in your community?
hana,
Why don't you send those questions to Larry King? Of course he has his own wife to think about but...why not email those to him?
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
As I've watched the story of the FLDS come across this screen on news reports and message boards like this one, the same question continues to bubble to the surface for me.
If the authorities in Texas, Colorado and elsewhere know that polygamists are living within their borders WHY ON EARTH do they not arrest these folks based on the polygamy ITSELF?
Am I the only one who thinks this? Am I thinking at all?
Perhaps because they are not recognized by the state and are without marriage licenses? In that case, if you go after them, then why not go after all the men and women who shack up with multiple partners and produce illigitimate children? Whatever the answer, I am glad they don't because I consider banning plural marriage to be unconstitutional though, unlike gay marriage, I think there are compelling reason for the state to recognize such.
If you've been watching Larry King Live at all on CNN recently, you've seen a number of FLDS women being interviewed (and some men). They are very careful to say they "aren't wives," but are the "mother of his children," and that there's "no marriage." That sort of thing. They're obviously very carefully taught what to say and what not to say in order to not land in hot water.
So what you're saying is that they're self disclosed fornicators.
If they consider themselves married by any religious or philosophical standard, then I would say they are not fornicators. That one is married in the eyes of society is one of the purposes of state recognized marriage, but I don't think it necessarily needs to go that far as long as such is recognized in one's own community or religion.
bcspace wrote:Perhaps because they are not recognized by the state and are without marriage licenses? In that case, if you go after them, then why not go after all the men and women who shack up with multiple partners and produce illigitimate children? Whatever the answer, I am glad they don't because I consider banning plural marriage to be unconstitutional though, unlike gay marriage, I think there are compelling reason for the state to recognize such.