Re: "Agenda" and persecution of Mormons

[Robert Justin Lipkin]

In a message dated 7/14/2003 1:33:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

This strand has been particularly strained in my view, because there are, of course, a significant number of fundamentalist Mormons today who are polygamous in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada.

       This is, of course, correct. However, does anyone know whether the LDS Church recognizes these people as members? Or, instead, is one excommunicated for entering plural marriages? It is my understanding that "fundamentalist Mormons" are not considered members of the Church. Moreover, although I'm pretty sure the people Marci refers to consider themselves to be members of the "true church," do they consider themselves members of the official (recognized, how does one say this?) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? How would one identify the relevant groups for constitutional purposes?

Bobby Lipkin
Widener University School of Law
Delaware