PHIL 2400 1st editionLecture 21Unit: Should Utah be a State?Required readings:“Romney and the Mormon Moment”“A Mormon President?”“When Romney was a Bishop”“The Speech Mitt Romney Never Gave” Outline of Current Lecture I. Should Utah be a State?II. 1887 Edmund Tucker ActIII. 1890 ManifestoIV. 1896V. 1903 Reed SmootVI. 1907Current Lecture Should Utah be a State? Issues Slavery controversy- Mormons were emphatically against slavery and country was locked in a bitter debate about adding new states to the union on the issue of slavery Plural marriage- 8-10% of Mormon men had more than one wife- Most of them were to two women- Tradition developed out of limited roles for women in society Communitarianism- Similar to socialist society- Giving funds to leaders and trusting that they were used well- Rest of the country was strongly in favor of capitalist ideas Theocratic government- God is at the top of concern and gives advice directly to leaders- American public worried they would push particular views about God on the rest of the U.S. 1887 Edmund Tucker Act 1) Disincorporated the church and took property worth over $50.000These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. 2) LDS members prohibited from voting, serving on jury, hold office until they pledged to support acts against plural marriage 3) denied women the right to vote since they had already been participating in elections 1890 Manifesto September 23 – revelation to end plural marriage- LDS currently doesn’t recognize people who currently practice plural marriage aspart of the church, generally thought of as fundamentalist mormons 1896 Utah became a state Worked out most of the issues concerning slavery and plural marriage by this time 1903 Reed Smoot For four years, wasn’t officially considered a senator because it was believed that he participated in plural marriage and was also simultaneously a religious leader 1907 Reed Smoot finally made a senator after 47 voted for and 28 against Reasoning? People got to know him, and constitution worked in his
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