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Mormons, many things will pop up in your head when this word is mentioned because we all have preconceived ideas about different people and different groups whether we like it or not. One way to live with these fears we have about anyone who is different than us is to try and learn more about these people. In doing so we understand our differences and are able to work and live together. If nothing else …

…of polygamy. In 1890 the Mormons officially ended the practice of polygamy after pressure from the goverment.                  Not everyone supported Young's election as church leader. The opposing side of the church eventually withdrew to form other Mormon churches, the largest of which is the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, headquartered at Independence, Mo. The Reorganized Church still holds to the idea that leadership appropriately belongs to the direct descendants of Joseph Smith.