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Commentary: New LDS curriculum flops in teaching eternal polygamy to children

Carol Lynn Pearson writes, “Children will be indoctrinated with the understanding that if a ‘man of authority’ tells us God wants us to do something we believe is wrong, we are to do it anyway.”

(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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