Colorado City

Yes, that is a problem, but having 50 kids is not the definition of polygamy; having multiple spouses is. If someone has 50 kids and doesn't pay any attention to them, it doesn't matter if they came from 5 wives or from 1 wife, they've still got screwed up kids.

You could also screw up your kids if you only had 2 and never paid any attention to them.

I have friends that have large families; one of them has 10 kids. I personally come from a large family of 7 kids. There is nothing wrong with having a lot of kids, as long as those kids are able to get everything they need from their parents to develop properly; it doesn't matter how many parents they have.

The problem is when you have kids that are abused, or neglected. And from what I hear, that does happen in Colorado City quite often. That is what needs to be stopped. But polygamy, like a gun, is harmless on it's own.. it's how it's used that can cause problems.

theres a reason society has shifted towards hedrosexual marige between two people. In the countrys like afganistan and iraq women are treated poorly and men are treated supirior. the same is for polygamist towns and famillys. But put aside all of your opinons for a minute and think about this.....

why should a man get many wives but many women only get one man? Doesnt the scale seem un-balanced?

theres a reason society has shifted towards hedrosexual marige between two people.

I don't see that shift. If anything, the shift is moving the other way. In the past, most "unions" were between a man and a woman. It is now more common to skew away from that.

In the countrys like afganistan and iraq women are treated poorly and men are treated supirior.

I agree that the treatment of these individuals is wrong.

the same is for polygamist towns and famillys.

Colorado City is the only polygamist town that I know of (so I don't have a frame of reference), but I think their abuse comes from fear. They are afraid to be "found out", or even more so, they are afraid that the people living there will find a more preferrable way of life, so they keep them in the dark. If it was more open, and people there were free to leave, and outsiders that agreed with their way of life (minus the abuse) were free to enter, then I think it'd be a much more stable situation.

What I'm saying is that I think it is possible for a polygamist family or even a town to exist without the abuse that takes place in Colorado City.

But put aside all of your opinons for a minute and think about this..... why should a man get many wives but many women only get one man? Doesnt the scale seem un-balanced?

Yes, of course women should have all of the same rights as men.

ok look at the past two hundred years and you will see the correct shift once you see that come back and talk to me

ok look at the past two hundred years and you will see the correct shift once you see that come back and talk to me

200 years ago, people were hardcore religious and anything other than a traditional "one man, one woman" marriage was completely unacceptable. Today, homosexual marriages are common as well as single parenting. There must be a far lower percentage of traditional marriages today than there were 200 years ago.

not more polygamy, maybe gay couples but polygamy used to be part of the mormon church but broke off about 100 years ago making polygamy less of an occurance. but thats beside the point polygamy is illeagal for a reason and thats a fact so colorado city is out of line as well as many other cominitys

Of course it's illegal, there's no question about that. But being illegal doesn't make it wrong. There are many stupid laws. You can't get support for something on legalities alone, you have to get people to believe in a cause.

I think it's easier to get people behind the idea of "stop the abuse" than it is to rally support for "breakup families."

If all we're ever concerned with is "it's illegal", then nothing will happen to correct the situation. Instead, if someone were to highlight to abuse and forced lifestyles of these residents, people would be more likely to want to do something about it.

when you are looking from the outside you see things without feeling. when you are a child you want to be loved and accepted and you will do anything to obtain that.

I grew up in Colorado City and as a kid I remeber seeing the enemy (the outsiders) Judging laughing at our clothes Yelling PLIG PLIG and

re-inforcing our Parents teachings that the outsiders are evil and mean us harm. that we are the chosen Godly people but we can not think or feel as individuals but as a group to survive. Sure it may be a lifetime of unhappiness but we get to spend the rest of time in heaven while the outsiders will be scorned in Hell.

No I did not chose to be born.

I was thrown out of my house when I was 16. The example of what happens when I choose to feel and think. I resented being a male for I had to have 3 wifes and suport them making all of the decisions for them when I couldn't even decide how I felt. Love what is love is it blind obedience as my parents taught. what was this feeling of attraction I felt for girls? but no pleasure is a sin.

Very interesting insight.. thank you for posting! How long ago did you leave? What are your thoughts as to why nothing is being done change the living conditions in that area?