Hey guys, so as you already know, Joseph Smith practiced polygamy, or plural marriage — he was married or sealed to more than one woman. Now, some of the women he was sealed to were already legally married to other men. It appears that Joseph’s sealings to these women...
Hey everyone, so if you’ve watched some of the other videos we’ve done on polygamy, you know that this is a topic that I struggle with, as do many modern Latter-day Saints. It’s messy history, and it’s hard to separate fact from fiction sometimes. And if I’m going to...
Hey everyone, today we’re going to talk about Joseph Smith’s marriage to his first plural wife, Fanny Alger. Plural marriage has not been practiced by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for well over 100 years now, but people still...
Hey guys, so despite the fact that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stopped practicing plural marriage over a hundred years ago, the fact that it was once a thing is still understandably hard for people to digest, myself included. As I...
Alright, polygamy episode! Between roughly 1833 until its formal end in 1890, some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints practiced polygamy. One husband having multiple wives. It’s a controversial subject, and I’m really NOT going to defend it...
