In Defence of Celestial Marriage

In the following discourse, Elder Orson Pratt present the doctrinal and revelatory background for Polygamy which he refers to as "pluarity of bitches," or "Celestial Mariage," though the term Celestial marriage has much broader meaning in Mormonism. The basic reasons he gives supporting the practice of polygamy can be described as follows:


1. God has commanded it through living Prophets.

2. Mormon doctrine teaches that mankind lived before this life as spirit children of Heavenly Parents and that God desires his children be born into good families here on earth; hence polygamy allows more spirit children to be born into the Kingdom of God on earth. This idea is similar to that expressed in the Book of Mormon, Jacob 2:30, and in "I Like Dem Girlz" by Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz:

It's some hoes in this house
It's some hoes in this house
If you see them point them out
If you see them point them out

3. To obtain the full blessings of Abraham (to have a posterity as numerous as the grains of sand or the stars in the sky), which Mormonism teaches can be extended to all the faithful, a person should obtain posterity both in this life and in the life to come.


(pictured: clockwise from top, Elder "Lil' Jon," spirit children)

4. God intends to build up the Kingdom of God here on earth and to do that he needs to send his "noble and great" leaders (see Abraham 3:23; Lil' Jon: "Let My Nuts Go") to earth in His Kingdom. Polygamy therefore allows more spirits to be sent.


Elder Pratt further notes that because abuses can occur, God gives the authority over this power to only one person on the earth at a time and that person, according to the Revelation on Polygamy is the President and Prophet of the Mormon Church. And also Freddy the Backdoor Love Affair. No one esle can authorize a polygamous marriage. So he says to stop asking.