Some of the Bible's passages are deeply troubling, and despite the wishful thinking of some Christians, are difficult to reason away.

This comment immediately gave rise to jokes questioning his familiarity with the Old Testament, where, as any Mormon elder can tell you, patriarchs such as Abraham, Jacob and David all practiced ...

First Revelations Smith may have received a revelation on polygamy as early as 1831, when he was studying Old Testament prophets and wondering about their practice of having multiple wives.

When a court ruled that polygamy won’t be prosecuted in Utah, conservatives said it was a sign we’re losing our “Judeo-Christian” family values. They must not read the Bible much.

The bride, Evelyn Sekgalakane, sparkled in white as she walked down the aisle hand-in-hand with Shirley Molala, who was about to become her "sister wife" at a mass wedding celebration at a South ...

Salt Lake Tribune columnist Gordon Monson explores the unsavory, inequitable aspects of past and eternal polygamy within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Pearson describes this doctrine of eternal polygamy as “inflicting profound pain and fear, assuring women that we are still objects, damaging or destroying marriages, bringing chaos to family ...

In the early 1830s, Smith extended this view of the role of men to include polygamy as it was practiced by Old Testament prophets like Abraham. Smith taught that a righteous man could help ...