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::::I don’t know about the early Mormon Church in particular—but that could probably be found.  I do know that the modern Fundamentalist Church of Latter day Saints (Warren Jeffs’ group) teaches that all brides (1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.) are entering a holy union ordained by God himself, through His Prophet, and that they should feel great joy.  I suspect that in most cultures where polygamy is the rule rather than the exception the additional spouses don’t give it much thought—that’s just the way life is, and it is natural that they should wed as they do (most cultures see their way of doing things as the natural way to do things), but I’m not sure I could find any good data on that—so at the moment I’ll put this on the talk page as my own speculation. --[[User:Reginod|Reginod]] 09:26, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

::::I don’t know about the early Mormon Church in particular—but that could probably be found.  I do know that the modern Fundamentalist Church of Latter day Saints (Warren Jeffs’ group) teaches that all brides (1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.) are entering a holy union ordained by God himself, through His Prophet, and that they should feel great joy.  I suspect that in most cultures where polygamy is the rule rather than the exception the additional spouses don’t give it much thought—that’s just the way life is, and it is natural that they should wed as they do (most cultures see their way of doing things as the natural way to do things), but I’m not sure I could find any good data on that—so at the moment I’ll put this on the talk page as my own speculation. --[[User:Reginod|Reginod]] 09:26, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

:::::I guess it makes the decision of which childhood sweetheart to marry simpler - just marry both! --[[User:Scott|Scott]] 17:44, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

:::::I guess it makes the decision of which childhood sweetheart to marry simpler - just marry both! --[[User:Scott|Scott]] 17:44, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

== contemporary patriarchal polygyny ==

== contemporary patriarchal polygyny ==