Polygamists March; Demand Volume Discount On Marriage Licenses
Polygamists, under attack even in the generally tolerant and Mormon-populous state of Utah, marched on Washington, demanding what they regard as their right to a volume discount in the purchase of marriage licenses. The demonstration was incited when a breakaway member of the Mormon Church, who is accused of seducing a minor female and matchmaking other minors females to older men, was buying so many marriage licenses that he had to rob a bank to pay for them. As a result of the armed banditry, he wound up on the FBI�s Ten Most Wanted List. The bearded leader of the march explained, �When people only buy one marriage license, we can see why they�d have to pay the full freight. But when you�re like us and buy them on a regular basis, it�s only fair that you ought to get a break on the price.� We were surprised in our assumptions, as usual, when we asked a female marcher why she, in this age of women's rights, would consent to be married to a man who has four or so wives. �It�s not like you think,� she told us. �I�m actually too independent to be married to any man full time. This way, my husband is so busy with his three other wives I only have to put up with him 25% of the time.�
