11. Families Are Constantly Getting Torn Apart
Polygamists have extremely large families. They don’t really associate with the outside world, so their families are oftentime their only friends. This results in many close-knit and very large families. However, not everyone born into this religion wants to be a part of it. People aren’t necessarily held against their will, although it is rather hard to try and leave. Oftentimes you might get held back and manipulated in order to try and get you to stay. But for those who do escape, a lonely world awaits.
If you leave the community, you become an apostate. This means that you have to cut ties with all of the family members that you leave behind. Sometimes some of the wives leave, so, of course, they take their young children with them. But if their children are over 18, they have the free will to stay, resulting in mothers losing their children and children losing their mothers.
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