tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post499095772323915681..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: I Don't Like Polygamy, but Many Critics Are HypocritesPapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-38143813954655700522015-07-29T14:09:29.019-04:002015-07-29T14:09:29.019-04:00Anonymous, the First, the example of people who ha...Anonymous, the First, the example of people who have loved more than one spouse at different times, equally and deeply, is the primary reason I can't condemn the concept of polygamy in a blanket way, no matter how I feel about it for myself and with regard to how it has been implemented in the past and still now. <br /><br />Anonymous, the Second, my primary concern has been, is and always Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-32105659262811819982015-07-29T12:19:15.788-04:002015-07-29T12:19:15.788-04:00One of the unanswered questions about polygamy is ...One of the unanswered questions about polygamy is whether the young women -- and in many cases young girls -- who became plural wives did so out of their own free will or whether they were forced into plural marriage by their fathers. In my own family, a great grandfather took a second and then a third wife. The second wife, who was my great-grandmother, was 13 years old when she married him -- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-46080135799404463782015-07-29T10:30:10.940-04:002015-07-29T10:30:10.940-04:00Amen. And ask someone who beats up on polygamy ho...Amen. And ask someone who beats up on polygamy how they feel about serial monogamy - remarriage after the death of a spouse and our sealing policies, and suddenly there is head scratching. I find that those who know nothing of remarriage after the death of a spouse are closet skeptics, meaning they just can't fathom the idea of loving two people serially, much less the notion of loving themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com