One of the hot new TV programs of the year is “Sister Wives”. It is a real life story about a man and his 4 wives.

Obviously, this is a Mormon family. But, more to the point, for them, polygamy is not about sex, it is about religion.

Mormons believe that there are millions of souls waiting to inhabit bodies. Once every soul has been given a body, the new heaven and the new earth will be established. So, the way to bring on the new heaven and earth is to provide bodies for all of those souls. And, they do this by, well, having children. Lots and lots of children. And, in the end, if they practice polygamy, they well get their own planet in the after life.

Now, while I don’t personally agree with their theology, I am hard pressed to condemn polygamy. After all, the Bible is full of it. But, I am sure that it is only a matter of time before the Feds shut them down.