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How many women did early Mormon leader Brigham Young marry?

56

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Brigham Young, who succeeded Smith and in 1847 led Mormon pioneers west to what became Utah, reportedly married 56 women.

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What percentage of newborn American boys are circumcised?

50%

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Earlier this year, there were unconfirmed estimates that the circumcision rate had fallen to fewer than half for boys born in U.S. hospitals, The New York Times reported last summer, citing a federal report at the International AIDS Conference.
65%

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About 65 percent of American male infants born in hospitals were circumcised in 1999, according to latest data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Did the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith practice polygamy?

Yes

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Though historians say that Joseph Smith had numerous wives, and some estimates exceed 30, he didn’t admit it.

His first wife (and only legal one) denied it, too.

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True or False? "Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Mormon Church and its first president, was the one who introduced the idea of polygamy."

True

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Joseph Smith, Jr., the church's founder and its first president, was the one who introduced the idea.

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True or False? "In banning polygamy, the mainstream Mormon Church is guilty of apostasy."

True

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Only one group has gone so far as to say that the mainstream LDS Church, in banning plural marriages, is guilty of apostasy.

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