39: The Law of Sarah | 132 Problems: Revisiting Mormon Polygamy

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Likely the most obscure, mysterious, and least known "laws" of the restored gospel, the Law of Sarah (D&C 132:65) features prominently in polygamist doctrine. We are taking a deep dive to try to understand what this law might mean, how it has been interpreted, and how it has been applied.

Warren Jeffs Law of Sarah Link (Transcript in pinned comment)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY44Lr7CUAI

Links:

The Seer Volume 1, Number 3, page 41 https://archive.org/details/OrsonPratt/page/n39/mode/2up

Reed Smoot Case, Volume 1, page 201

https://archive.org/details/SmootHearings/Smoot_1/page/n201/mode/2up

Anti-Polygamy Standard, April 1, 1882, Page 3

https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=25123417&q=law+of+sarah&parent_i=25123414

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz2PTtUUvD4

https://archive.org/details/MS2845F0001/mode/2up

https://issuu.com/utah10/docs/uhq_volume46_1978_number1/s/129529#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20the%20normal%20problems%20that%20arise,high%20ratio%20of%20divorce%20among%20Mormon%20polygamists.%20MILLENNIALISM