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Mitt Romney: Polygamy in the family *

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Who knew that presidential candidate Mitt Romney's great-great grandpappy was a venerated martyr of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Or that the man, Parley P. Pratt, was murdered by the jilted ex-husband of one of his 12 wives?

Frank Lockwood, Arkansas' Bible-Belt Blogger, looks in.

* Though the Mormon Church officially denounced polygamy a century ago, the fundamental branch led by the incarcerated Warren Jeffs still favors the old-fashioned life.

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