OK, Roy Moore has made his point, and has lost his appeal. What should he do now? I believe in honoring, obeying and sustaining the law, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't challenge laws I believe are wrong.

A number of my ancestors were polygamists, which was a commandment of God to them, I believe, as part of re-establishing his true church on the earth. He has now withdrawn that commandment and any member of the LDS church who enters into polygamy will be excommunicated forthwith. The church practiced polygamy for about 50 years, and was persecuted for it. The federal government passed laws which would disenfranchise members of the church, dissolve it and confiscate its property. Still, its members felt that it was more important to obey the revelations of God than to submit to laws against practicing their religion. Lest anyone think this was some kind of imposition on women, it should be remembered that no polygamous marriage was forced on any woman. I personally believe that it provided more people who were raised up to be devoted to God and Jesus Christ, and laid a foundation for the vibrant growth of the church in our present day. No more than 2% of the men in the church practiced polygamy, and they provided for their families, unlike the modern apostates who practice polygamy through welfare fraud.

God does not always explain his commandments or justify them in mortal eyes. The Bible seems to countenance slavery, for example. God commanded Abraham to offer his only son up as a human sacrifice. Even though he prevented Abraham from doing so, he didn't apologize. I think he didn't have to. Similarly, God commanded the LDS prophets to do some things that seemed appalling, sometimes, it seems, just to strengthen the faith of his people, and revoked those commandments when they had sacrificed their all to obey them.


Utah was not allowed statehood until it adopted laws against polygamy.