The FLDS is a small polygamist church that broke away from the Latter-day Saints. Its full name is the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It shares roots and scriptures with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the church most people mean by “LDS,” but the two split over plural marriage and are not connected. The Church of Jesus Christ ended plural marriage between 1890 and 1904 and now removes from membership anyone who practices…

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