Our Heritage

Our Heritage

July has always been one of my favorite months. It’s the month that I was born in and the month Sadie was born in. It’s the month that we start getting monsoon rains in Southern Utah. It’s also the month that we celebrate two of my favorite holidays, Independence Day and Pioneer Day. On Independence Day, we celebrate the moment in which the leaders of our nation chose to sever their connection to an oppressive regime and to establish a land of freedom. That ideal wasn’t reached right away and in truth has still not been entirely reached. We’ve improved in the security of our God-given liberties by leaps

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Our Faith…

Why we are where we are. Why would anyone choose to live in a plural marriage in this day and age? How could any Mormon enter a plural marriage and feel that God approves of it? The summary of my belief is that plural marriage is an eternal doctrine that the Lord has only ever removed from his people because of wickedness. I gained this belief in studying the teachings of the early prophets and apostles, John Taylor’s 1886 revelation, and the events between the first and second manifestos. One of the most common arguments against my choice to live plural marriage that I’ve heard from members of the

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