Quote:
|
Originally Posted by The_Jazz
First, let me apologize if you think I was trying to flame you, because I wasn't. That said, it seems that you don't know much about Mormons and the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints (LDS for short). The term "Mormon" is short for a practicioner in that particular church.
Second, and I really don't want to get too far off topic here, but your original post confused plural marriages and incest. Even the excommunicated Fundamentalist Mormons who have been kicked out of the great church would never force incest on a young girl. They may very well force her to marry a much older man that she doesn't like, but they would never force her to marry her uncle, which is what your post stated.
Personally, I find it hard to believe that I would have enough in common with a practicing Mormon to vote for him or her, but their religion would not preclude me from voting for them. Their religion is simply a sign of their other beliefs.
|
They may not force incest, but it is common (due to the other common practice of re-marriage) in the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints for men to marry their stepdaughters and otherwise for girls to be married to non-blood relatives that they grew up knowing as authority figures. Which is disturbing enough.
But to be clear, these are things that go on in the isolated sub-sects of fundamentalist Mormonism.
__________________
Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
Last edited by mixedmedia; 02-26-2007 at 08:36 AM..
Reason: quibbling
|