false 515422 2 From the Mormon Church's public announcement of its sanction of polygamy in 1852 until its formal decision to abandon the practice in 1890, people on both sides of the "Mormon question" debated central questions of constitutional law. Did principles of religious freedom and local self-government protect Mormons' claim to a distinct, religiously based legal order? Or was polygamy, as its opponents claimed, a new form of slavery--this time for white women in Utah? And did constitutional principles dictate that democracy and true liberty were founded on separation of church and state? <p> As Sarah Barringer Gordon shows, the answers to these questions finally yielded an apparent victory for antipolygamists in the late nineteenth century, but only after decades of argument, litigation, and open conflict. Victory came at a price; as attention and national resources poured into Utah in the late 1870s and 1880s, antipolygamists turned more and more to coercion and punishment in the name of freedom. They also left a legacy in constitutional law and political theory that still governs our treatment of religious life: Americans are free to believe, but they may well not be free to act on their beliefs. 503377 21 1 2002 The Mormon Question: Polygamy and Constitutional Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America total:17|5:4|4:8|3:5|2:0|1:0| 17 67 32 4 5 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 06:50:33 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 13:33:34 -0700 2009 The Mormon Question, Gordon puts the polygamy debate of the 19th century in context by revealing the progression of statutory and case law that brought the demise of “The Principle.”...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 16 12:30:22 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 12:37:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Sep 18 06:16:45 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 06:20:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 04 21:15:35 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 12:38:09 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 21:15:35 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Oct 11 20:35:57 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 20:35:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 25 10:41:50 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 10:41:50 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 15 08:12:14 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 08:12:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 11 20:46:36 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 20:46:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 02 17:50:34 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 17:50:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 21:41:31 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 12:18:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 08 18:28:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 18:28:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 18 08:28:32 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 08:28:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 17 10:46:35 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 10:46:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 16:34:35 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 16:34:35 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Mar 15 17:52:48 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 02 10:54:06 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 17:52:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 28 10:46:54 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 10:47:23 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Nov 15 13:53:57 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 13:53:59 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Nov 10 13:47:46 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 13:47:46 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Oct 23 06:02:56 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 06:02:56 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Sep 30 10:18:20 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 10:18:20 -0700 2008