Mormon Polygamy: A Novel Neighbor Issue

Hiram smith admitted to the revelations existence. Hiram read it to the high council of the church back on august 12th of 1843 And that it talks about a multiplicity of wives So they're given away the farm here in order to make this lame excuse That the revelation was an answer to a question concerning things which transpired in former days and had no reference to the present time. This is obviously at least an ad hoc excuse to try and make it so this revelation is not as combustible and controversial as it obviously was. Public statements by mormon church leaders Not helpful unless you want to flip them aroundThis will apply from here all the way up beyond the second manifesto