Multiple Wives Quotes
At the time polygamy was approved of by the Mormons. However they were pressured to accept monogamy in order to have peace with the rest of the nation. The Mormon church changed its doctrine and Mormons may only have a single wife. However, there are some dissident Mormon groups that still illegally practice polygamy.
The secular government and the equal rights of women which transformed Turkey into a modern state under Ataturk had its roots with others in addition to Attaturk, Riza was the one who lead the parliament. Despite the Koran and Islamic tradition, polygamy was later abolished in Turkey—the first Islamic state to have done so since the founding of the religion.
This type of religious sexism is not unique to Islam. Fundamentalist Christians place women in a secondary role as do fundamentalist orthodox Jews although both allow a man to take only one wife. The Islamic scripture tells us that the Prophet allowed multiple wives only if the man had the resources to care for the wives and all the children. 4 is the maximum.
Lockwood had sought the post of Minister to Turkey, a Muslim country which allowed a man four wives. Cleveland had instead selected a man who was generally known as a womanizer.
