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Saturday, January 27, 2001

It’s time for God’s people to come out the closet to spread the word on polygamy

ŇWe don't all wear our hair in buns and braids. Most people wouldn't know we were plural wives if they sat next to us on the bus or in a movie.Ó

AlterNet. Three women in separate polygamous relationships have written a book, Voices in Harmony: Contemporary Women Celebrate Plural Marriage, intending to undermine the ostracization and misunderstandings about polygamy. Thomas Green, under prosecution for the practice, sounds curiously like a gay pride activist: "It was very courageous of them to come out of the closet, to say this is our life, we're here and we're proud of it."'

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