Did The Church Break Up Families Post-Manifesto?

[_Shulem]

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Busy as a bee.

[_Maksutov]

Thanks Maksutov.

I don't think I've ever heard about what happened to the thousands of families post-Manifesto. I wish I could find a resource to learn more. From what little information I can piece together, most of these families were split up.

The whole polygamy debacle was a real tragedy.

Yet who was the real villain, the LDS faith or the US government?

The church. They broke the laws, they lied, they exploited and abused. And then they murdered innocent people at the meadows. All of that cool with you? And don't play silly games about how it wasn't the church, it was some random a*holes around Cedar City. We know that they prayed for guidance and inspiration the night before the murder.

[_Dr Exiled]

I have to side with the church bearing responsibility for whatever suffering the abandoned plural wives and children went through. The church was the cause of the doctrine and abandoned it when financial pressure and jail time happened. It should have demanded that those who abandoned the practice not abandon their families and the church itself should have stepped up to the plate. Spousal support and child support should have been ordered and enforced and church support should have been liberal.

[_moksha]

I have to side with the church bearing responsibility for whatever suffering the abandoned plural wives and children went through. The church was the cause of the doctrine and abandoned it when financial pressure and jail time happened. It should have demanded that those who abandoned the practice not abandon their families and the church itself should have stepped up to the plate. Spousal support and child support should have been ordered and enforced and church support should have been liberal.

Excellent point. The doctrine of Find them, Polygamate them and Forget them should not have been followed.