polygamy

ther words, since they do not have legal marriage lic!
             enses, they have no right under the government to have these marriages. Also the husband has two choices when it comes to the living arrangements as well. He can keep the entire family in a single home, whereas other polygamy husbands may have each of his wives living under different roofs. When it comes to spending time with each of his wives and his children, there is a schedule that everyone follows, but it is flexible and can be moved around to fit almost everyone's needs. Carmen Thompson, a former wife of a Mormon polygamist says, "Depending on the number of wives a man has he usually spends one night out of the week with each wife and her children by him." When special events come up everyone does their best to make accommodations. It is extremely hard for birthdays and anniversaries to fit into the schedule and so they are pretty much nonexistent. Carmen Thompson said that on her honeymoon one of the other wives came to visit. This other wife wanted to have another chil!
             d, and her ideal breeding time just happened to fall right in the middle of the honeymoon. So the new wife had to watch the children while the other wife spent the night with the husband, in the bedroom. How many women would want this to happen to them on their honeymoon? Many polygamous groups believe that a woman should have a baby every year. The idea is that there are spirits in heaven waiting to get a body to come to ear
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