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29
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- John Taylor said that we are not ashamed of polygamy.
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- Life of John Taylor p. 255
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29
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- Brigham Young said the the only men who become gods are those who enter into polygamy.
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94Beneficial_Effects_of_Polygamy,_etc. Journal of Discourses 11:269].
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29
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- Bruce R. McConkie said that plural marriage is not essential to salvation or exaltation.
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- Mormon Doctrine (1958) p. 523.
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31
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- Joseph Smith drank beer despite having received the Word of Wisdom.
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- Millennial Star 23:720
- Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ed. Brigham H. Robers, 7 vols. (Deseret Book, 1957), 6:424. Volume 6 link
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- Joseph encouraged others to break the Word of Wisdom by drinking whiskey.
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- Millennial Star 21:283
- Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ed. Brigham H. Robers, 7 vols. (Deseret Book, 1957), 5:450. Volume 5 link
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- Joseph asked for a pipe and tobacco to settle Willard Richards' stomach.
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- Millennial Star 24:471
- Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ed. Brigham H. Robers, 7 vols. (Deseret Book, 1957), 6:614. Volume 6 link
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- Brigham Young ordered the destruction of Lucy Mack Smith's history Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith published by Orson Pratt in 1853.
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- Millennial Star 27:657-58
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