Does Mormonism Encourage LDS People to Lie?
Religion Dispatches’ Joanna Brooks discusses why Mormons, and other minority groups, have developed their “own way of talking to outsiders.” Brooks notes that many Mormons assert polygamy is no longer practiced, while some “mainstream Mormons dutifully anticipate polygamy in heaven.” “Given this complicated and conflicted situation, what should a Mormon say when she is asked whether we practice polygamy?” Brooks asks.