There are ongoing studies about polygamy in the United States, but should it be illegal? The facts stated in this paper will openly show that polygamy is not legally or morally right. In this research paper the topics and facts should convince the reader that it Polygamy should always stay illegal. In order to understand what Polygamy is and why America should not legalize it, one must know, the history of Polygamy, the limit of freedom for the young girls, and the treatment of the wives.
History is important to understand when dealing with a controversial topic like polygamy. The history of Polygamy leads to the way it is today so, it is important to look at the beginning facts. Polygamy is the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one …show more content…
After the civil war had ended in 1865, Polygamy was practiced for 25 years, until congress tried to destroy the church and the practice (Howick). Congress did not finish their job due to the polygamist communities that still exists to this day.
In America, all citizens have the freedom of choice and religion. Polygamist communities and parents lie to their children to keep them in the community. There are about 1,800 people living in Hildale, Utah (Lankford, Jr. 24). Most of those people belong to the Church of Latter Day Saints. The Hildale Church Prophet is Warren Jeffs. Warren dictates who the young girls in the community will marry and the age they will marry. Warren has to approve everything his people in his community does so polygamy becomes more of a dictatorship (Lankford, Jr. 25). America is a democracy so polygamist communities should be destroyed. The polygamists communities do not follow American laws. It is not legally okay for some of the country to have the right of freedom of choice, and religion while others have to fight for it. America is the land of the free and the country should help these young girls who are trapped. Young girls in the polygamist community go to school where they
History is important to understand when dealing with a controversial topic like polygamy. The history of Polygamy leads to the way it is today so, it is important to look at the beginning facts. Polygamy is the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one …show more content…
After the civil war had ended in 1865, Polygamy was practiced for 25 years, until congress tried to destroy the church and the practice (Howick). Congress did not finish their job due to the polygamist communities that still exists to this day.
In America, all citizens have the freedom of choice and religion. Polygamist communities and parents lie to their children to keep them in the community. There are about 1,800 people living in Hildale, Utah (Lankford, Jr. 24). Most of those people belong to the Church of Latter Day Saints. The Hildale Church Prophet is Warren Jeffs. Warren dictates who the young girls in the community will marry and the age they will marry. Warren has to approve everything his people in his community does so polygamy becomes more of a dictatorship (Lankford, Jr. 25). America is a democracy so polygamist communities should be destroyed. The polygamists communities do not follow American laws. It is not legally okay for some of the country to have the right of freedom of choice, and religion while others have to fight for it. America is the land of the free and the country should help these young girls who are trapped. Young girls in the polygamist community go to school where they