Polygamy
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I am shocked and disgusted by the fact that polygamy still exists and is practised under in-human conditions. For those who don't know what polygamy is, it is when 1 man has 2 or more wives. It is not so much the fact that a man has more than one wife that disgusts me, but rather the rape of minor girls, child- and woman abusion and not respecting a woman's free will, which are aspects of polygamy that occur is western sects in which polygamy is a way of life. Many people have forgotten all about polygamy and most don't even know that it still exists, or in what form and on which scale it still exists. This is why I feel that something should be said about the matter/topic.
In the USA there are various small towns where polygamy is still practised. Colorado City and Hilidale are 2 of them. These towns are cut off almost entirely from the outside world, and outsiders aren't let in. The people who live in these towns are followers of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints. This church advocates polygamy, and according to its theory a man needs a minimum of 3 wives to secure a place in paradise...