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Originally Posted by Elphaba
The people I've talked to who had heard Joseph practiced polygamy thought he only married widows because there was no one to take care of them.
Elphaba
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I recall being taught as a youth that the main reason for polygamy was so that the women traveling to Utah would have the Priesthood in their family as they traveled. Whether this is right or wrong it ignores the fact it was practiced before BY and that some of these women had already been married.
I don't know if this came from a manual or personal opinion but I have heard many members who really don't know the history come up with these sorts of "soft ball" answers.