Sister Wives

[NicoleLJ]

Anyone Watch it last Sunday? What was your thoughts?

[NicoleLJ]

For those not familiar with the show here is a link to info about it:

http://www.people.com/people/article...420535,00.html

FOr those that are watching it here is info on a police Investigation now being done on them:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/394180...entertainment/

Thoughts?

[Taz_Zoee]

I refuse to watch this. I think it is totally wrong and will make people think it's okay to do this. Just like Nadia Suleman (or whatever her name is) having 8 babies just to get a show on TV.
We kept seeing the commercials for it this past weekend (because I watch TLC a lot) and I kept saying "isn't that illegal???".
I like my reality shows (Kate Plus 8 and 19 Kids and Counting) but this is just not okay IMO.

ETA: I just scanned through the investigation link you posted. So apparently it isn't legal in Utah, as I thought. And he is only legally married to one woman. I still don't get it. What's the point!?!? And the article says he has four wives. The previews I saw only showed three.

[Cataholic]

If it works for them....not my cup of tea (or teas, LOL), but if they are happy, self supporting and productive members of society, whatever.

[NicoleLJ]

the shows are about him courting and then marrying a 4th.

[Karen]

The show likely exists to try to capitalize on the popularity of the fictional show "Big Love" on HBO, which has been running for 4 seasons.

Polygamy is illegal, but still practiced by certain members of a branch of the Latter Day Saints, commonly called the Mormoms. The Mormom church outlawed polygamy many years ago, but the religious belief and practice obviously still carries on, but "in secret."

How they ever thought they could have a TV show about it and NOT get prosecuted is beyond me, it's not like they blur out anyone's faces or anything.

[NicoleLJ]

Actually they are not a sect of the Mormon religion. They are whats called either the fundamentalist Mormons or the reorginazed Mormons. Which are as different from mormons as Cathlics are from Prodastants(sp?). The LDS (mormons) church actually disallowed the practice of plural marriage in 1890 so that Utah could become a state. Anyone who is proven to practice plural marriage in the LDS religion is excommunicated from the church.

Not saying a agree or disagree with plural marriage. Just wanted to make that clear so that people did not think they were members of the mormon religion.

[Karen]

Yes, that's why I said they were a branch, they are no longer part of the Mormom church, they branched off. But they believe they are more closely following Joseph Smith's religion, and the Mormoms are wrong, right?

[NicoleLJ]

sorry must have misread your post. Been a long day. Yup they believe they are following the religion more closely to what Joshep Smith wanted. Where the mormons think they are.

[Grace]

I want to know why plural marriages are always one man with multiple women? Why can't it be reversed - one woman with multiple husbands?

Most likely because the LDS is a patriarchal religion - like the Roman Catholics. Beware of organizations run by men

[caseysmom]

I watched a show on the discovery health channel about a lady with 2 husbands, she got pregnant by the second husband and the first husband had to babysit while they both went to work everyday, I king of enjoyed the show It was called strange sex.

[wombat2u2004]

I want to know why plural marriages are always one man with multiple women? Why can't it be reversed - one woman with multiple husbands?

Because most women only need one man.
On the other hand, men need more than one woman.

[NicoleLJ]

THe most shocking comment that one of the wives stated was that they are told if a man has 2 wives and there are problems to bring in a third and she will even it out. HUH???

[blue]

AM I out of line by saying the .GOV should stay out of marriage?

Oh more then one wife/husband is taboo, this should be good TV. Realy, Ill watch reruns of the A Team instead.

Sorry but JackAss is more reality TV then what is labled as Reality TV.

[moosmom]

I want to know why plural marriages are always one man with multiple women? Why can't it be reversed - one woman with multiple husbands?

AMEN GRACE!!!!!!!

Although I gotta say, I had a husband and wasn't crazy about him after living with him for 4 years. I would think it would be impossible to satisify all those men, do their laundry, cook, clean, etc.

I'll stick with shows like Dr. Phil, CSI, etc.

They can have that program that promotes polygamy. It's pure BULL$#IT!!!