Polygamy Porter

There is a beer produced in Utah called Polygamy Porter - with the catch phrase - "Why have just one?"  This, along with the HBO series "Big Love", give the inaccurate picture that Mormons practice polygamy - that is, have more than one wife.  While it is true that there are people living in Utah who do just that, they are not members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  People like the one in this picture

are not Mormons.  They are part of a polygamist clan residing in Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, and should never be confused with Mormons.  In 1998, President Gordon B. Hinckley made the following statement about the LDS Church's position on plural marriage:  "This church has nothing whatever to do with those practicing polygamy.  They are not members of this Church...  If any of our members are found to be practicing plural marriage, they are excommunicated, the most serious penalty the church can impose.  Not only are those so involved in direct violation of the civil law, they are in violation of the law of this Church."