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Webster’s: Polygamy

1. the state or practice of having two or more wives or husbands at the same time; plural marriage.                 

Polyandry

1. a woman with more than one husband.

 The Mormons hide the dark side of Salt  Lake City from the world. This is the Mormon way. Polygamy is a practice that makes slaves of young girls who are married off to older men and there is no help for them from the LDS church.. Neither Joseph Smith nor Brigham Young cared about the long term effects this practice of polygamy would have on helpless girls and women.

John Taylor

John Taylor was the third President of the Church, following Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. He was born November 1, 1808 in, England. In 1850 England John Taylor-- who was at the time an Apostl-- and a Protestant minister, argued. The minister accused Mormons of practicing polygamy. Taylor vowed "We are accused here of polygamy, and actions the most indelicate, obscene, and disgusting, such than none but a corrupt and depraved heart could have contrived. These things are too outrageous to admit of belief; therefore ... I shall content myself by reading our views of chastity and marriage, from a work published by us, containing some of the articles of our Faith. 'Doctrine and Covenants,' page 330. [1850 version] ... Inasmuch as this Church of Jesus Christ has been reproached with the crime of fornication, and polygamy, we declare that we believe that one man should have one wife, and one woman but one husband, except in case of death, when either is at liberty to marry again..."

From the amazingly thorough and indisputable research of D. Michael Quinn, written in his, The Mormon Hierarchy: [vol. 1] Origins of Power, p 597: We find that at that time, 1850, John Taylor had these wives who produced by him these number of children.

Leonora Cannon, md 1833, 4 children

Elizabeth Kaighin, md 1843, 3 children

Jane Ballantyne, md 1844, 3 children

Anna Ballantyne (Allen), md 1844, separated 1845, divorced 1852

Mary A. Oakley, md 1845, 5 children

Mary A. Utley, md 1846

Mary Ramsbottom, md 1846

Sarah Thornton (Coleman) md 1846, div 1852

Lydia Dible (Granger Smith), md 1846

Ann Hughlings (Pitchforth), md 1846

Sophia Whittaker, md 1847, 8 children

Harriet Whittaker, md 1847, 3 children

Liar, liar, liar. Womanizing liar. How hard is it to imagine these men of the top hierarchy of the Mormon Church to lie about visions, revelations, whatever suits their fancy?