There's No Such Thing As A Fundamentalist Mormon

I received this in my e-mail this past week. While I don't normally pass mass e-mails along, I thought this point was important enough to share. -M

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For those of you who have been watching the news and may have wondered:

Some Mormon women sing:


Some Mormon women dance:


Some Mormon women write scary stories:


Some Mormon women have lots of money and really great hair:


This woman served as a leader in the Mormon Church. She recently spoke to teenage girls worldwide. She encouraged them to stand up to peer pressure, strengthen their families and serve others. (Click here for more.)


I know hundreds of Mormon women. They do all kinds of different things and live all kinds of different lives. NONE of the Mormon women I know look like this:


None of them are marrying off their teenage daughters and, although some may joke about wanting a sister-wife (preferably one who is really fat & ugly, does bathrooms and changes diapers) – none of them really want to share their husband with anyone.

Furthermore…

Some Mormon men can throw a ball:


Some Mormon men yell at the ball:


Some Mormon men make scary movies:


Some Mormon men have lots of money and really great hair:


This man is one of the leaders of the Mormon Church. Recently he spoke about honoring women, especially mothers, and gave advice to husbands and children about how to treat the women in their lives. (For the whole story, click here.)


I know hundreds of Mormon men. They do all kinds of different things and live all kinds of different lives. NONE of the Mormon men I know look like this:


The Mormon men I know are honest and hard-working. And TRUST ME… the last thing any of them wants is another wife.

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To sum up: Despite the similarities in the names of the churches, members of the FLDS Church are not Mormons. The two churches are related only by a shared history that diverges almost 120 years ago, when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, or 'The Mormons') discontinued the practice of plural marriage. The LDS Church does not allow its members to practice plural marriage, even in countries where it's allowed by law. Some of the splinter groups, like the FLDS Church, however, have chosen to continue the practice, even when it's against the law. In short, we're not them, and they're not us. We have an irreconcilable difference of opinion where this is concerned.

The term 'Fundamentalist Mormon' is a misnomer. It's akin to referring to Lutherans as 'Fundamentalist Catholics'.