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By: mormonwomen

mormonwomen — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:30:57 +0000

p.s. I just tried to send you an email just in case you didn’t have the chance to see this, but your email address was not valid.

By: mormonwomen

mormonwomen — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:24:51 +0000

Jenna, I can’t speak for Brenda, but to me she was *not* suggesting that a Catholic priest’s celibacy is a similar lifestyle to polygamy or that the respective religious traditions would see such lifestyels as comparable within their moral frameworks. I hear her saying that within some different religious frameworks, there are “higher law” behaviors that are held in high regard. So, Catholic priests are highly regarded for their commitment to remain celibate (correct if I’m wrong there — this is what I have been told by a Catholic friend). Within the FLDS religion (which, again, should not be confused with LDS/Mormon perspective), living polygamy is believed to be a higher standard than monogamous marriage.

But again, I would not confuse that with suggesting that polygamy and celibacy are similar as a lifestyle per se, or that we would expect Catholics to look on polygamy with positive regard as they might celibacy (or vice versa).

I’m very sorry that this was offensive to you. That was definitely not our intention. Apologies for any misunderstanding.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:53:23 +0000

Okay, did whoever wrote this article seriously compare a Catholic Priest practicing celebacy to a person practicing polygamy as both aspiring to a higher law….seriously….I am Catholic and I can assure you that NOTHING is even similar about the two. Good grief…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:54:45 +0000

Thanks for this post.

A couple of other points come to mind.

– Part of the mainstream Mormon notion of believing that marriage between a man and woman is ordained of God is also that only in a legal and lawful marriage are sexual relations sanctioned by God. Any relations outside of a marriage between a man and woman are a violation of the law of chastity.

– In addition, in places where polygamy might be legal, people still cannot be in a polygamous marriage and be members of the Church, so there is more to chastity in the Mormon faith than just a legalized relationship.

In short, the law of chastity is an important element of our doctrine that is clearly different from the faith that the “Sister Wives” family or other plural families practice.