Mormon LDS Leader, M Russell Ballard spoke about the limited practice of polygamy some 117 years ago in the Mormon Church. He then speaks about Mormon families and how important the family unit is to Mormons. This video was compiled using video from Elder M. Russell Ballard's "Faith, Family, Facts, and Fruits" talk given at the 177th semiannual Mormon General Conference. The full video and conference talk can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/ballard-family
The background music is "Come Thou Fount" played on Guitar. This song and thousands more can be downloaded from http://www.ldsmusic.net
I heard once that the practice stemmed out of protection for women... the population of women to men is usually not equal, and in that time period (from what I heard) women who were unmarried had no one to protect/clothe/feed/provide a home for them. It was explained to me as a social welfare policy. I am glad that the government has taken over welfare for women (and everyone else) and not left it up to individuals in today's society!
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