Smith, Young? Polygamy, Child Abuse, Stealing Friend’s Wives? No Problem

Mormons will find a way to carry on. Did I mention Brigham Young’s Green Meadow massacre? And these are the founders! Then, again, Henry VIII had six wives and killed two of them. And he started the Anglican Church. Then there’s Luther.

NYTimes: Mormon leaders have acknowledged for the first time that the church’s founder and prophet, Joseph Smith, portrayed in church materials as a loyal partner to his loving spouse Emma, took as many as 40 wives, some already married and one only 14 years old. Full report is here.