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Teaching LDS polygamy in Primary: Will the kids get it?

Church releases new cartoons explaining the 19th-century practice. Are they historically accurate?

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A scene from a cartoon released by the church to teach children about the faith’s history of polygamy shows Joseph Smith conversing with his wife, Emma. The panel reads, "This commandment was also hard for Joseph’s first wife, Emma. Sometimes, Emma helped Joseph decide who he should ask to marry him. Other times, Emma did not want Joseph to marry other women."

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