In fact, Mormon weddings are ‘very secretive’. She explains: ‘There’s the civil aspect of a wedding, which is the legal ...

In 1890, church president Wilford Woodruff, fearful that the continuation of the practice of plural marriage would lead to the destruction of all Mormon temples, announced an end to official ...

Mormon Temple, commemorating statehood ... The U.S. government targeted plural marriage, which was, in the words of journalist Ken Verdoia, "the easiest whipping boy for Federal officials who ...