While I cannot know the mind and will of God, the plural marriage principle goes contrary to what I have been taught about a loving Creator’s plans for His children. Because of the valuable gift of agency, God permits injustice in the world that results from His children’s choices, but God is not the author of injustice and injustice is not part of His plan of happiness. 

Yet with plural marriage as part of the gospel, it appears God is the author not only of an injustice, but also of an eternal injustice, which is the opposite of all other gospel principles that testify of His fairness and love.

If an LDS woman expresses her concern about this teaching today, she is often assured not everyone will be required to live plural marriage in the highest kingdom, implying she personally will not. Yet this also implies others will. In other words, a woman can be relieved this polygamy misfortune will not befall her, but will instead befall her sister-neighbor—a less-than-Christian perspective that does not engender faith in the justice of God’s eternal plan.

This is part of an essay that first appeared on SquareTwo