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Utah's [[
Perfect for a religious movement with less than conventional beliefs.
As it turns out, Utah, dubbed "Deseret" (a term found in [[The Book of Mormon (
Eventually, the federal government issued an ultimatum to the Mormons: discontinue polygamy or face disenfranchisement of the church and seizure of all its property. Wilford Woodruff, the president and prophet of the Church at the time, issued the 1890 Manifesto discontinuing polygamy and excommunicating any Mormon who practiced it after the Manifesto was issued. Some members disagreed with the new doctrine and struck out to remote settlements where they continue to practice forms of polygamy with varying degrees of legality, ranging from men with a single legal wife and one or more consenting adult "spirit wives", to dangerous and malevolent abusers of under-aged girls.
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