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Though a romance-seeking polygamist might seriously enter information into the PolyMatchMaker, Jonathan M. Hyman ’08 and Shaan K. Hathiramani ’08’s creation of Crimson Cupid—an online matchmaker service for Harvard Students—had less serious intentions. Hathiramani wrote, “The ultimate goal is to provide the students of Harvard with yet another rousing way to take a break from work and have some fun, and maybe even find the love of his or her life and make many, many babies.” Perhaps...
...Governor Groper image. In the movie's trailer, the bewigged action hero entreats a comely blond to become his seventh wife: "One for each day of the week. Do Tuesdays work for you?" The Governor's office declined to comment on his role in the film. California's crucial polygamist vote, though, seems a lock...
...Waco was nothin' compared to Colorado City," an antipolygamy activist says, while the Branch Davidian compound burns. Independent gubernatorial candidate Richard Mahoney suggests Republican Matt Salmon cannot crack down on the town's polygamist sect because he is Mormon...
...SENTENCED. TOM GREEN, 53, outspoken Mormon polygamist who until recently lived with his five wives and 30 children in Utah's remote West Desert; to five years to life in prison for child rape; in Nephi, Utah. Green, who is already in prison for bigamy and failure to pay child support, is accused of raping his wife Linda Kunz, now 30, with whom he conceived a child when she was 13. Although the Mormon church renounced polygamy in the 1890s, about 30,000 people continue the practice in Utah and neighboring states...
...Mormon community has had a history of struggling with outside perceptions. Within the Harvard setting, however, many students will agree that the level of knowledge about the faith is higher than average. “They have more intelligent questions, at least, than ‘are you a polygamist?’” says Davidson. She and other Mormon students say they welcome questions as a positive way of dispelling misconceptions about their faith...