Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much controversy as polygamy, called plural or celestial marriage within the church. It divided prophet Joseph Smith's own household, caused a schism ...

Together with its sister community of Hildale, Utah, it is the birthplace of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamous offshoot of the Mormon Church ...

Such was the temper of the Mormon Bismarck. But the main cohesive force is polygamy. Here is once more the philosophy of Benjamin Franklin's " We must all hang together, or we shall all hang ...

The community has done so for more than half a century, even though polygamy is illegal under Section 293 of Canada's Criminal Code. Bountiful's residents are part of a fundamentalist breakaway Mormon ...

Prophet Smith decreed that Mormons were properly polygamous and took unto himself several comely wives. This practice, sturdily maintained, was among those which brought general persecution on the ...

a Mormon offshoot that disavowed the mainstream church in 1890 when it abandoned polygamy as a pathway to the highest level of heaven. The FLDS has strict rules, especially for girls: no pants ...

Sister Wives, the hit TLC series about a polygamous Mormon family, is set to come back this month with Season 20. The highly anticipated premiere happens on Sunday, April 20 at 10 p.m. with a live ...

PROVO, Utah (CNN) -- A jury in the U.S. state of Utah has found an avowed polygamist guilty on four counts of bigamy. Tom Green, 52, a self-professed "fundamentalist" Mormon who lives with his ...