B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — History of Marriage (1919)
“ In no nation with a system of polygamy do we find a code of political and moral rights, and the condition of woman is that of a slave. In polygamous countries nothing is added to the education and civilization. ”
B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — History of Marriage (1919)
“ Primeval nature knew no community of love; there was only the union of two souls, and the twain were made one flesh. If God had intended man to be a polygamist he would have created for him two or more wives; but he only created one wife for the first man. ”
B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — History of Marriage (1919)
“ MORMONISM.—The Mormon Church, founded by Joseph Smith, practiced polygamy until the beginning of 1893, when the church formally declared and resigned polygamy as a part or present doctrine of their religious institution. Yet all Mormons are polygamists at heart. It is a part of their religion; national law alone restrains them.11. FREE LOVERS.—There is located at Lenox, Madison County, New York, an organization popularly known as Free Lovers. The members advocate a system of complex marriage, a sort of promiscuity, with a freedom of love for any and all. Man offers woman support and love ”
