This was one of the secret practices taught by Joseph Smith in the last days of his life, in Nauvoo, Illinois. Which resulted in his death at the hands of a mob in 1844.
People have since wondered how he and his followers (the Mormons) could have been so stupid? What did they see in this strange practice?
It was easy to see the advantage for the men - it gave them access to more women. But what was its appeal to women?
This hard to understand unless you understand the Mormon mindset at the time. They saw themselves as continuing the Will of God. One of the basic ideas behind any religion.
They had left America in search of a land they could call their own. And they had found it on the shores of the Great Salt Lake!
What followed was the gradual accommodation of the Mormons to American Life in the next one hundred years.
This took a while, but resulted in Mitt Romney, a Republican senator from the State of Utah, voting to depose Trump!
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