Polygamy
Officer reflects on FLDS children removed in 2008 raid
A law enforcement officer reflects on the 2008 raid on the FLDS Yearning for Zion Ranch in Texas, where more than 400 children were removed from the fundamentalist community, according to the Idaho State Journal. The operation remains one of the largest child-welfare actions in U.S. history.
September 16, 2026 at 2:03 PM MT · via Idaho State Journal
Scholar examines claims of early 1830s polygamy revelation
A YouTube video features researcher Gwendolyn Wyne examining claims about when Joseph Smith received the revelation on plural marriage, according to various post-martyrdom accounts.
September 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM MT · via YouTube / StillMormon · 5 sources
Ex-polygamist builds nonprofit helping others leave fundamentalist groups
A Utah woman who fled a polygamous community has built a nonprofit organization that helps other families transition out of fundamentalist groups, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The organization, Cherish Families, provides support to help polygamous families move "from crisis to thriving," offering resources and assistance as they navigate leaving isolated communities. The founder's own experience escaping polygamy informed the creation of the nonprofit, which addresses the unique challenges faced by those leaving fundamentalist Mormon groups where plural marriage is practiced. The groups served are not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which banned polygamy in 1890.
September 12, 2026 at 6:02 AM MT · via The Salt Lake Tribune · 3 sources
How the polygamy ban reshaped American marriage law
Did America's campaign against Mormon polygamy reshape marriage law forever? A new YouTube video from the Send Me channel examines the Edmunds Act and Edmunds-Tucker Act, which led to imprisonment of Latter-day Saints, property seizure, and the eventual end of the church's polygamy practice.
September 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM MT · via YouTube / Send Me
Netflix polygamy drama sparks Christian debate across Africa
A Zulu-language Netflix series called *The Polygamist* has reached No. 1 and reignited debate over multiple-partner marriages across Africa, dividing even Christian communities, Christianity Today reports. The 22-episode drama chronicles a Johannesburg businessman with three wives—including one kept secret—and a mistress, and the unraveling of his family and business.
September 10, 2026 at 11:02 AM MT · via Christianity Today
Video compares Joseph Smith and Brigham Young's evasive polygamy answers
A Dan Wees video examines parallel instances where Joseph Smith and Brigham Young answered questions about their plural marriages with what the creator characterizes as deliberately evasive language rather than direct disclosure.
September 3, 2026 at 10:02 AM MT · via YouTube / Dan Wees · 2 sources
Former FLDS member describes life in polygamous community
A former member of a fundamentalist polygamous community has shared her experience of marrying a man with 22 wives, some as young as nine years old, in an interview with The Irish Sun. The woman, who later left the group, describes life in what the outlet characterizes as America's "polygamy capital," and says her mother subsequently joined the same man's family. The account provides firsthand testimony about conditions in fundamentalist polygamous groups, which are not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
September 3, 2026 at 3:53 AM MT · via The Irish Sun · 3 sources
Polygamist sect leader to be sentenced on Arizona child abuse charges
A polygamist sect leader who transported young girls in an unventilated trailer is scheduled to be sentenced on state charges in Arizona, according to True Crime News. The case stems from a 2022 incident in which three children were found inside a hot trailer during a traffic stop in Flagstaff.
August 30, 2026 at 6:03 AM MT · via True Crime News · 5 sources
Woman describes marrying man with 22 wives, some nine years old
A woman told The Sun she married a man with 22 wives, some as young as nine years old, in what the outlet called the U.S.'s polygamy capital. The woman said her mother later married the same man.
August 29, 2026 at 12:03 PM MT · via the-sun.com · 5 sources
Feminist theologian reviews Carol Lynn Pearson's polygamy book 10 years later
Maxine Hanks, a feminist author and theologian once excommunicated and later rebaptized into the LDS Church, published a retrospective review of Carol Lynn Pearson's 2016 book *The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy* in the Journal of Mormon Polygamy. The review marks the book's 10th anniversary and revisits Pearson's argument that the doctrine of eternal plural marriage continues to haunt LDS women even after the practice's 1890 official end.
August 27, 2026 at 10:02 PM MT · via YouTube / Journal of Mormon Polygamy · 2 sources
How the FLDS church impacted a small Texas town
The Detroit News examined how the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints impacted a small Texas town. The FLDS, a fundamentalist polygamous group not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, established a presence in Texas before authorities raided the Yearning for Zion Ranch in 2008.
August 23, 2026 at 10:06 AM MT · via The Detroit News
First sister wives of polygamous leader share story in upcoming book
The first sister wives of a polygamous leader are sharing their story in an upcoming book, according to KSL News. The women, who were among the earliest plural wives in a fundamentalist LDS community, detail their experiences in a movement separate from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
August 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM MT · via KSL News · 8 sources