United States Supreme Court (1890) in the case of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. United States, 136 U.S. 1 (1890), forbade the practice of polygamy in the United States, stating:
<It is contrary to the spirit of Christianity and the civilization which Christianity has produced in the Western world.> 1890US001
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1890US001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States Supreme Court, 1890, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. United States, 136 U.S. 1 (1890). Gary DeMar, America's Christian History: The Untold Story (Atlanta, GA: American Vision Publishers, Inc., 1993), p. 68. [The following related quotations are taken from James D. Richardson (U.S. Representative from Tennessee), ed., A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 1789-1897, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, published by Authority of Congress, 1897, 1899; Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1789-1902, 11 vols., 1907, 1910).