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Group Wants Elder Nelson Removed from Coalition
“Elder Nelson practices a theology that extends the name ‘marriage’ to a union between a man and multiple women”
by Seba Martinez
May 2006
Calling his participation “deceptive,” petitioners are asking the Religious Coalition for Marriage to remove the name of one of its members from a letter he signed opposing gay marriage.
Citizens for Mormon Honesty are asking the conservative coalition to remove the signature of Russell M. Nelson, a Mormon apostle whom they accuse of believing in polygamy and being eternally bound to two women.
"Elder Nelson believes in polygamy," reads the website RemoveNelson.net. "As a matter of fact, only days before signing the petition, Elder Nelson married his second wife in a Mormon temple, thus becoming eternally bound to two women. ... It is deceptive of Elder Nelson to sign a petition that defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman when he practices a theology that extends the name "marriage" to a union between a man and multiple women."
On April 6 Nelson, who became a widower a year ago, married BYU professor Wendy Lee Jackson, who is 26 years his junior. According to Mormon theology, in the afterlife Nelson will be entitled to his two wives.
To learn more about this initiative, visit RemoveNelson.net. To sign the petition, go to petitiononline.com/ekerilaz/petition.html.
See also:
Tapestry Against Polygamy Calls Elder Russell M. Nelson "Serial Polygamist," Denounces Hypocrisy
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