Another post about FLDS

[drmeow]

sorry if someone else has already posted this:

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/82763/#more

[kestrel91316]

1. We almost need a FLDS forum, lol......

[drmeow]

3. I know :)

[medeak]

2. so glad "blood atonement" is FINALLY coming up

"Under the Banner of Heaven" is indeed a terrific book to read...author wrote Sean Penn's movie "Into the Wild"...he spent many years of research on both...highly recommend...wish the MSM would do the research

[fasttense]

4. It seems to me that anywhere polygamy is practiced today,

women are turned into nothing more than property. They become objects to be used and abused by men. They are told what to wear, how to act and what to think. All control is taken from women and given to the nearest male relative. There is something intrinsically wrong about polygamy if it always leads to this kind of subjugation.

[mwb970]

5. It may be that the subjugation leads to the polygamy.

But either way, you're right. This is a "women are property - mine!" cult that treats half the population as if they were pack animals or slaves. Using "God" as justification for immoral acts must be a sin, even in their "church", no? Guess not.

[drmeow]

6. Actually, I know of a relationship

between 1 man and 2 women. It was entered into by mutual consent of all three participants when all three were adults. The man is only married to one of the women because he can only marry one. I think if they could, each member would be married to both of the others. All of this came out because the unmarried woman lost her job and he wanted to add her to his company insurance policy.

I've known of couples who have open relationships (she wanted it that way), master/slave relationships, relatively traditional relationships (she stays home to raise the kids), and non-traditional relationships (he stays home to watch the kids). As long as the relationship is entered into by mature adults with open eyes, its their business.

I think that calling this situation polygamy is a bit of a misnomer. This is more like a harem system. While the women are not bought and sold on the auction block, they are essentially slaves (property of the men). Its not so much the multiple wives part that is a problem, it is the complete lack of rights or options for the women. If the women have options and choose to be in a polygamous relationship (I've certainly read of women who liked sharing the sexual "demands" of their spouse with multiple men and sharing the raising of the children with multiple women) and it works for them, what do I care?)