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Tapestry Against Polygamy Calls Elder Russell M. Nelson "Serial Polygamist," Denounces Hypocrisy September 2006 Tapestry Against Polygamy is a non-profit organization located in Salt Lake City, Utah that advocates against the human right violations inherent in polygamy and provides assistance to individuals leaving polygamous cults. For more information, visit www.polygamy.org. On June 7, 2006, Tapestry Against Polygamy issued the following statement: Press Release June 7, 2006 TAPESTRY AGAINST POLYGAMY DENOUNCES SENATOR HATCH & LDS CHURCH TYING MARRIAGE AMENDMENT KNOT: UTAH MARRIAGE HYPOCRISY STRIKES OUT AGAIN LDS Apostle Russell M. Nelson, serial polygamist (married "second" wife in the LDS temple on 4-6-06 after his first wife died, each marriage purportedly for "time and all eternity"), represented the LDS Church in Washington D.C. this Monday encouraging Congress to support a marriage amendment in the constitution that would ban gay marriage and define marriage as between "a man and a woman." While in jest at a St. Patrick's Day breakfast in March 2005 (SL Tribune 3-21-05) Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said, "I have to admit that as a Mormon I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, …and a woman and a woman." It is shamefully hypocritical for LDS leaders to publicly advocate against gay marriages and not polygamy. Formerly the LDS Church actively advocated against the Equal Rights Amendment, which seems to indicate that male patriarchy is godlier than democracy, equality and justice especially when it comes to women and children-and human relationships based on equality. "We have concerns that while the LDS Church and Mormon political leaders are publicly advocating against gay marriages they are endorsing polygamy through their scriptures, Doctrine & Covenants 132. Utah LDS state leaders are in-the-closet polygamists who through their sanctioning of polygamy for decades give a good ole' wink-wink to its crime. They believe polygamy will someday be lived and they spend time and resources fighting against women and gay rights instead of ending human rights violations, such as polygamy. No longer is polygamy a Utah problem; it has spread throughout the nation and has become a social epidemic," says Vicky Prunty, Executive Director Tapestry Against Polygamy. Senator Orrin Hatch, the marriage amendment co-sponsor, recently helped to secure $700,000 in funding through the US Department of Justice which was touted to be used for women and children leaving polygamy but in fact is presently supporting those within the illegal practice if polygamy. Let there be no mistake: Passing a marriage amendment to stop gay marriages or any other form of marriage including polygamy is putting false hopes in a bogus amendment. Polygamy has been illegal for decades while some of the strongest proponents of the marriage amendment are our nation's gravest enablers of polygamy. 
See also:Group Wants Elder Nelson Removed from Coalition Petitioner Angry Over “Celestial” Polygamy Russell M. Nelson Decries Same-sex Marriage, Becomes Celestial Polygamist |
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