Thursday, December 19, 2013

Episcopal Woman Priest Says She Supports Polygamy

By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
December 18, 2013

An Episcopal woman priest said she learned to love polygamy. When she heard a federal judge had struck down part of Utah's polygamy law last week. she gave a little squeal of delight.

"To be clear, I'm an Episcopal priest, not a polygamist. But I've met the family who brought the suit, and these people changed how I think about plural marriage," the Rev. Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio wrote in an Opinion piece for CNN. She is a self-described theologian, certified life coach and spinning instructor, and the author of God and Harry Potter at Yale: Teaching Faith and Fantasy Fiction in an Ivy League Classroom.

"Before I met the Browns - made famous by the reality television show 'Sister Wives' - I had the kind of reaction most modern-day Christians would have to their lifestyle: Polygamy hurts women. It offers girls a skewed perspective of who they can be. It happens on cultish compounds. It's abusive.

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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