Normally I'm opposed to the MIC drone striking US citizens, but apparently there are some exceptions

Polygamous marriage was a religious rite in Mormonism, presented as a requirement to get into the best part of Mormon heaven (as an aside, Mormonism divides heaven into 3 main tiers, ranging from "totally cut off from God and everyone you ever loved but still better than life on Earth" to "you get to be God". And this is a simplification since the theology is wild). So when I say "practiced", it's just the usual terminology for when religious people do something dictated by their religion.

Technically, Mormon church leadership has disavowed polygamy, but like other people commented, they still teach that men can have multiple wives in the afterlife, and the current leader of the Mormon church has an... [interesting marriage at the moment (his second wife, so he fully expects 2+ wives after he dies.)] (https://mormondisclosures.blogspot.com/2013/09/same-tract-attractions.html). The exmormon subreddit has more discussion about this, if you're willing to visit Reddit.

The sacred texts!

Libraries:

• Voluntary attendance

• No required reading lists

• Religious texts from most faiths, and books about those religions

Schools:

• Penalties for both parents and students for attendance issues

• State-mandated curriculums

• Literally just ten rules from the Old Testament

It's not a political response to anything, it's a fear-based, lizard-brain reaction to it being broadly socially acceptable for queer people to exist. Decades of hate- and fearmongering, indoctrination, and tribalism caused this, not the mere existence of queer people in public.

Mormons in Utah (a territory at the time) practiced polygamy, but the federal government made ending it a requirement for statehood. So since we're just ignoring federal laws now...

It's one of my friend's favorite cards, the number of 1v1 games I've practically lost because of them playing it turn 1 is, well, probably less than I actually think, but it's memorable when it happens. The whole game becomes "kill Serra Ascendant"

I'm working on a computer science degree, and stuff like that is by far the most interesting to me! Assuming you don't dislike your job, can I ask how you got into that field?