APPENDIX 2
MORMON POLYGAMY—THE TRUTH REVEALED!
Joseph Smith, Jr., a True Champion of Female Equality
It cannot be repeated too often or too emphatically that no one was ever a greater
champion of women in the history of the known world than Joseph Smith, Jr. For much of
this earth’s existence, women have been little more than chattel to their stronger and more
aggressive male counterparts. Joseph understood their true nature better than any other
man before or after him.
When challenged by the sexist LDS/Mormon priesthood men and the establishment
of Freemasonry in Nauvoo, he countered with the Female Relief Society, intended to be a
forum that institutionalized female equality with the men (see chapter 37). When he
established the LDS Temple Endowment, the ceremony provisioned that both men and
women would rule over future generations as “kings and queens, priests and priestesses;^1
i.e., as EQUALS! When women needed protection from the predatory LDS/Mormon
priesthood, he offered a credible response to Emma’s pleading and tears and an umbrella of
hope and protection for females through his invented interpretation of “spiritual wifery.”
The influence of polygamy within Mormonism, which will now be explained
properly in its true entirety, opened a door that has led to practices that have influenced the
Mormon male psyche. Their errant understanding of the practice has allowed their
imaginations to run wild with everything from thoughts of multiple female partners to acts
of utter depravity committed by those of their faith who misinterpret Joseph’s original
intent. While Joseph said, “no man knows my history,” more than anything else, nothing
has been more misunderstood about his “history” than what he did for women.
In a recent published article (Aug. 2011) about Joseph Smith and polygamy, the
author argues correctly:
that most of the women Smith approached were free to reject him—and some
did. None, ...even the seven who abandoned their LDS faith, ever spoke ill of
him or their relationship. “Decades after their feelings had matured and their
youthful perspectives expanded by additional experiences with marriage and
sexual relations, none of them claimed they were victimized or beguiled by
the prophet. ...None came forth to write an exposé to tell the world he was a
seducing imposter. None wrote that Joseph Smith’s polygamy was a sham or
a cover-up for illicit sexual relations.^2Cochranite Influence
To understand how polygamy entered into Mormon history, one should consider when
and where the practice existed in the United States before Joseph Smith suffered his Church to be
organized. The most famous American polygamist might be either Joseph or Brigham Young,