THOUGHTS ABOUT DECIMINALIZATION

                The other day I received a phone call from a nice lady named Belinda, a journalist for TIME MAGAZINE.  She was researching a story about decriminalizing polygamy and mentioned the Joe Darger family as a possible reason for decriminalizing.  After chatting for a few minutes I referred her to Doris Hansen, host of What Love Is This, TV show, and Rebecca Kimbel, a tv, radio and Utube personality. 

                Since then I have been pondering the subject of decriminalization.  If we decriminalize for the likes of Joe Darger and Kody Brown, we are also decriminalizing for the likes of James D Harmston, Warren Jeffs, Tom Green, Brain David Mitchell, Ross LeBaron Jr., and Dennis Matthews.  But even more consequential, we will be decriminalizing polygamy for all the Muslims in the United States which comprise a much larger and more dangerous population.  But that’s not all.

                Decriminalizing polygamy essentially means letting the polygamists exercise dominion over plural marriages.  Plural marriage would be controlled by priesthoods and prophets.  In the case of Mormons, their rule of law will be Section 132, Joseph Smith’s plural marriage revelation, a doctrine that is entirely coercive and threatens to destroy defiant wives.  The priesthood would be permitted to enact priesthood courts which by nature are arbitrary and capricious.  Verse 7 in Section 132 not only gives the prophet authority but gives him access to nearly every aspect of the true believer’s life.  Mormon fundamentalism, in essence, would become a sovereign country within a country.  To allow this to happen would be irresponsible.

                But even more serious is allowing imams to adjudicate plural marriages.  Already in Europe and parts of the US, governments are giving in bit by bit to Sharia Law for the sake of appeasement.  God forbid we should upset the Muslims.

                Muslims, like Mormon polygamists, tend to gather together in theocratic communities.   And these communities are culturally insulated even more than Colorado City is isolated.  The larger the community the more it is insulated and becomes an environment for Sharia Law, in contrast to our Constitution.  Evan more than the Mormon polygamist communities, Muslim communities are more politically dominating.  Take a look at Dearborn, Michigan?  It took Mormon fundamentalists about 90 years to get to where they are now.  It has only taken two or three decades for the Muslims to establish a foothold in the US, and that in spite of 7-11 and all the other attacks worldwide by radical Muslims. Did you know there are five mosques in Utah? 

                There are far more Muslims in Europe than the United States.  It is estimated that there are between 3.5 and 6 million Muslims in France alone.  France and Holland have the most.  And what is observed is that when Muslims immigrate they do not assimilate.  They retain their Islamic culture and establish communities, insisting that the host country comply with their religious demands.  According to the Internet there are 7 million Muslims in the US.  The United Kingdom has 4,422,000.  Mormon fundamentalists only number about 30 or 35 thousand at the most.  No one knows for sure how many there are.  If you ask Principle Voices they will embellish the numbers.  They would like you to think there is more Mormon polygamist than there really are.

                The argument that decriminalization will reduce corruption and female oppression among polygamists and encourage victim to testify against their oppressors is wishful thinking.  Both Islam and Mormon fundamentalism are authoritative, theocratic religions.  The reality is that decriminalization will tend to tighten the hold of the imams, prophets and priesthoods over their victims.