Polygamy, Prophets, and British Columbia

This is about as Bad as it Gets:

Both the Texas compound and Bountiful are home to members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or FLDS, which broke away from the Mormon church in the 1930s after the main church turned away from polygamy.

Mr. Jeffs pronounced himself prophet of FLDS in North America in 2002, pushing aside prophet-in-waiting Winston Blackmore and creating a rift in Bountiful and between various branches of the group.

The rift severed family ties, as some members moved to compounds in South Dakota, Texas, Colorado and cut themselves off from relatives in B.C., Ms. Price said.

Even in Bountiful, there are divided loyalties and families.

"It's like a wall goes up," Ms. Price said.

"You could be living across the street from your sister or your mother, but if one of you follows one side and one follows the other, you don't talk."
( WENDY STUECK With a report from the Associated Press April 7, 2008)

If there is a History of Churches, it would be the "History of Churches Splitting." I vote NO to poligamy for this one reason, no one gets a long. pd