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{{summary Infobox_Contents | texttopic_name =The [[The Church of Jesus Christ Polygamy and the Latter Day Saints]] does not support Mormonism |subtopics = [[polygamyPolygamy]]. Some other Mormon sects do however promote polygmany. In recent years in * [[UtahMarriage]], the main stronghold of the Mormon religion, there have been numerous high profile cases of prosecution of polygamists.|opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |}}

{{topics}}* Although the practice of polygamy is not an active doctrine in most Mormon circles today, it set Mormons apart from the rest of the United States during the 19th century. There are accounts indicating that [[Polygamy]]* [[MarriageJoseph Smith]]himself had 27 wives, though he publicly denied this many times. Because of his denials, many of the splinter groups headquartered in the eastern and southern states do not believe Joseph Smith ever taught the practice. If they do acknowledge polygamy as a teaching of Joseph Smith, they claim that it was a sin on Smith's part and was not a true principle given from God. These groups do not believe many of the doctrines taught by Smith in the last few years of his life, claiming that he had fallen away from the truth.

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