Talk:Lost Boys of Polygamy
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Just created this new article. Anxious to see what those who have studied the issue more are able to contribute. Greenw47 19:53, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Being from Utah, many people ask me where I now live if I am a polygamist. Since there is much confusion about the difference between the LDS and FLDS churches, I decided to include the disclaimer that they are different churches. Greenw47 12:29, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Can you document that this exact phrase "lost boys of polygamy" is well known? And shouldn't it be "Lost boys of polygyny"? — ciphergoth 09:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Good point, ciphergoth. I looked up the phrase. I believe I orginally got it from an article about Dr. Dan Fischer. But here are other references. The "Lost Boys of Polygamy" title seemed apropos because there are other uses of "Lost Boys." The movie with Kiefer Sutherland and the Lost Boys of Sudan. Adding polygamy at the end seemed like a good way to distinguish them.
Anyway, here are some sites and stories that use "Lost Boys" and "Polygamy" together.
Also, have you heard the talk by Troy Bowles (one of the Lost Boys) at the SLC library? http://users.gobigwest.com/markh/troybowles.wav He talked about polgamy, polygyny, and polyandry. He is gaining a lot of attention because he grew up in an FLDS household and he really knows his stuff. I'm thinking of making a page for him. I'm contacting him by email and asking him if he would agree. Greenw47 15:16, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
Good article. I was just wondering about this after seeing the problem referenced a few times in the program _Big Love_. The main character is a man who was expelled from a polygamous Mormon community when he was 14, so "The old men could have all the pretty wives".
