Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much controversy as polygamy, called plural or celestial marriage within the church. It divided prophet Joseph Smith's own household, caused a schism ...

Together with its sister community of Hildale, Utah, it is the birthplace of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamous offshoot of the Mormon Church ...

The fundamentalist group, also known as FLDS, split from the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after ...

Such was the temper of the Mormon Bismarck. But the main cohesive force is polygamy. Here is once more the philosophy of Benjamin Franklin's " We must all hang together, or we shall all hang ...

The fifth of eight women indicted in an Arizona child sex abuse ring was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for her role in recruiting young girls into illegitimate polygamous marriages with the ...

The fundamentalist group, also known as FLDS, split from the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after Mormons officially abandoned polygamy in 1890. The alleged practice of ...

a Mormon offshoot that disavowed the mainstream church in 1890 when it abandoned polygamy as a pathway to the highest level of heaven. The FLDS has strict rules, especially for girls: no pants ...

The community has done so for more than half a century, even though polygamy is illegal under Section 293 of Canada's Criminal Code. Bountiful's residents are part of a fundamentalist breakaway Mormon ...