Yesterday, I was watching a Television show where they were talking with some of the people involved in polygamy.  Experts say that there are anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000 people living in some type of plural marriage family. Oprah did an interview with one of the families.  She was talking to each of the 3 wives, and none of them acted like it was any kind of big deal.  Between the 3 of them there are 23 people in the house, including the 3 wives, the 1 husband, and all the children.  I know at one time, that this was something the we believed in, only because it was a commandment given to the brethren at that time. 

But the things they were being said on the Oprah Winfrey Show, frustrated me so bad, that I had to blog about it and get some frustrations out.

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I don’t really know where to get started, but once I do, Mike and Denise will both have comments to make about what I say.

In case I have not mentioned before, I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Today, in Sunday School, we had a lesson about righteous governments.  The lesson started off pretty well, and had some pretty good discussions.  However, as it progressed, some people said some things that made me think a little bit deeper. Somehow, it got to where someone mentioned that “as members of the church, we are in fact a minority”.  I thought about this, and thought that this is in fact very true.  Since I have been a member of the church my whole life, I have never given that much thought.

Then someone mentioned that there are two most hated groups in America.  He said the #1 hated group are Homosexuals.  And the #2 hated group is Mormons.  I don’t know if that is necessarily 100% true, but I think that we are up there.  This leads me to my next point that no matter what the issue is, whether good or bad, membership of the LDS Church or Mormon Church is brought up.  When Mitt Romney was still in the Presidential race, his religion was brought up all the time.  I don’t know what his beliefs or his church had to do with him running for office. Usually, that is not brought up with other candidates.  During other Presidential races, I have rarely heard anyone make a big deal about what religion they were.  However, just because Mitt Romney is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, then people don’t want him as President.

Sister Lindsey Spjute, a Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had been serving in Birmingham, England.  She was from Farmington, Utah.  She died while jogging with her companion.Â	Sister Lindsey Spjute
Sister Karen Ann Deschamps, from St. George, UT, had been serving with her husband, Elder Randall Deschamps, in Kirtland, OH.  She died in a car accident. Elder Deschamps remains in critical condition.Â	Elder Randall Deschamps and Sister Karen Ann Deschamps
Instead, of serving returning home with their families at the conclusion of their missionary labors, they have been released from their mortal mission early and returning home to that God who gave them life.  They were valiant soldiers in the battle of souls.  They will be missed by their family and friends.
For more information, visit KSL.com story on Sis. Spjute, and KSL.com story on Elder & Sis. Deschamps

A friend’s blog has the same tribute, but I would like to also post it to my blog.

I took my lunch break at work today around 2:30pm. I went downstairs to the cafeteria, but called my wife while I headed that direction. Krissie, her Mother, and Grandmother were on the way home from Billings, Montana. While I was talking to her, she seemed very happy and the trip seemed to be going very well.

At the same time, I just had this feeling that something was not right.  I felt like something was happening, and I just could not put my finger on it.  I had no clue what was happening.  I had not sat down for 5 minutes when I got a text message from Krissie, saying that her Grandma’s house was on fire.  I then threw my food in the trash, because at this point I was no longer hungry; then i went to Nampa to check things out.  We were lucky, because the fire did not go past the garage.