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Yet when you go to the Utah state capitol you will see a statue to a man who knew the law quite well and yet interpreted the law itself as being immoral and chose to not follow it -- and urged members not to follow it in regards to polygamy (that of course was Brigham Young).
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I'm a little confused or a lot dense. You make it sound as if Brigham Young was extremely defiant and chose to break laws. When did the law go into effect?
As far as I remember the manifesto took place in 1890 which would have been after the death of Brigham Young.
From lds.org
The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. At certain times and for His specific purposes, God, through His prophets, has directed the practice of plural marriage (sometimes called polygamy), which means one man having more than one living wife at the same time. In obedience to direction from God, Latter-day Saints followed this practice for about 50 years during the 1800s but officially ceased the practice of such marriages after the Manifesto was issued by President Woodruff in 1890. Since that time, plural marriage has not been approved by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and any member adopting this practice is subject to losing his or her membership in the Church.