When Did You Stop Beating Your Wives?

 Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:

In The Wake Of Rob Porter Allegations, Mormon Women Say Church Leaders Encouraged Them To Stay With Their Abusers  —  Nearly two dozen women told BuzzFeed News they went to Mormon church leaders after suffering abuse at home and were counseled to remain in their relationships.

Discussion:

Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:   ‘He pushed me down and assaulted me’: Mormon wives reveal abuse as church elders counsel silence to save marriages

Lauren Evans / Jezebel:   Like Porter's Ex-Wives, Many Mormons Are Encouraged to Stay With Their Abusive Partners

Judy Dushku / thecut:   I've Been a Mormon for 75 Years. Here's What I Know About the Church and Assault.

Mormonism, the "American" (& Republican) religion. Patriarchal, sexist & racist from the beginning, like the country in which it was made from whole cloth.

Next time I see a pair of their lying missionaries on bicycles, they're going down.