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Jeez Louise, we couldn't even share a hairbrush with our sisters. But two sisters in Utah are somehow capable of sharing a husband. Katie and Priscilla Churcher share a husband, Travis, and they say it's great for their personal lives. After all, they only have to spend half as much time as normal doting on their husband, which gives them more time to hang out with friends, and there's always a babysitter when they go on a date.
Read more about this unusual sibling situation after the jump.
All three of them were raised in Fundamentalist Mormon families (Fundamentalists are an offshoot of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who practice polygamy), so when Katie and Travis were married, they discussed the possibility of having plural wives in the family.
After a few years, Travis began wooing Priscilla, and she slowly fell in love with him. Since polygamy is illegal, they were married in an unofficial church ceremony, and they now live together in a house, with each of the wives having their own rooms that Travis alternates between.
Although they admit it can be challenging, everybody loves the family dynamic, and they hope that some day laws will change so they can openly practice their religious beliefs.
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Sunday 19 July
By Lee
That would work for me!! I bet there would be a lot less fighting!!
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Sunday 19 July
By Jessika
I wouldn't like it. But that is just me. I would personally not want to share a night here and maybe a night there with my husband. Let alone if I want to make love to them I wouldn't want to have it on a schedule. It would just be to odd for me and especially sister....kids would be cousins and siblings...um no.
Sunday 19 July
By Kim
Mormons are deranged.
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Sunday 19 July
By Joyce
Please remember. These people DO NOT belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons). The LDS church does not condone poligimy no does it allow it. If you are found to be practicing it you will be excommunicated.
Sunday 19 July
By sal
They are not mormons you idiot. They are an offshoot that broke off from mormons. Mormons do not practice poligamy. Know your facts before you judge.
Thursday 23 July
By Leah Fargo
They are not Mormons!
Sunday 19 July
By Traveling Around
These are not "Mormons". Real LDS members do not practice or believe in poligamy. This is a splinter group that broke away from the church years ago because they did not want to adhere to church practices.
Sunday 19 July
By Rex Davis
Before you fly off into stupidity check the facts. They call themselves fundamentalist Mormons. They are first and foremost morons. The Mormon Church does NOT recognize them and The Churches official position is there is no such thing as a fundamentalist holding them in the same light as you do. If fruit cakes like you would check the facts before firing off you vitriole we would all be better off.
Sunday 19 July
By laura
Love you too = )
Sunday 19 July
By Christine
These are NOT MORMONS YOU IDIOT
Sunday 19 July
By mickysfrnd
Kim, they are not Mormons, they are of a religion that is not the same. Learn your facts before passing judgement.
Sunday 19 July
By jospeh davidson
Your comments about Mormons couldn't be farther from the truth. These people are not...I REPEAT A R E N O T Mormons. The Mormon church abolished pologomy well over 100 years ago, and kick out anyone who preaches or practices it.
Monday 20 July
By Bill
One does not have to be a Mormon to be an idiot. Idiots come in all religions on the face of the earth, but not as a single group. If polygamy is bad, then so is sleeping with multiple partners as is the norm, especially in America. Sleeping with more than one partner is another form of polygamy, but is not officially recognized as such. Many people sleep with many partners before they finally get married to one. So based on the assumptions of Mormon bashers, that is better than being married to two people according to many who are religion bashers. The big difference with sleeping around is that compared to polygamy one does not have to support the other in the multiple sleeping arrangement compared to the family responsibility of taking care of more than one spouse. And, by the way, these people practicing the polygamy are not a part of Tha Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). They are a breakoff. Get your facts straight. A little dose of Wikipedia or something similar might enlighten your tiny mind.
Monday 20 July
By natasha
these guys aren't mormons. i'm mormon and would shoot a girl if she tried to marry my husband. the lds church does not have polygamy! this is an off branch that left the church over a hundred years ago. please don't be ignorant.
Tuesday 21 July
By julie
"mormons" do not practice pologamy get your facts right!
Thursday 07 June
By Sandi
right on, Kim. A Mormon, is a Mormon, is a Mormon. I was raised with them in Idaho, none of my family were Mormons, but nearly all of my friends were. They are a "Cult". People should look that one up too, in the book The Kingdom of the Cults". Or any other one that will explain the so called "religion".
Sunday 19 July
By addie
and your worried about gay people!! give me a break, this is just ridiculous!!!
I especially like the line, "and they hope that some day laws will change so they can openly practice their religious beliefs."
Excuse me while I throw up!!!
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Sunday 19 July
By John
I am confused by people who are so maliciously judgemental of other faiths and beliefs systems..."Christians" automatically denounce these actions even tho their own book of "God's Word" says that if a man dies his wife shall go to live with his brother "as his wife"...it clearly has instances of polygomy throughout...don't just argue it, READ it, research it, then use a dictionary and look up the word 'hypocrite'...some people in this world are simply not CAPABLE of living on this huge planet with others who don't agree with them...it starts with simply expressions on a blog and eventually grows into war!!! Get your minds out of the proverbial gutters and live your own lives according to your own beliefs and let others do the same...what are you all so afraid of!?
Sunday 19 July
By Tom
A lot smarter than multiple wives. Two incomes alone is enough to recommend the situation.
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Sunday 19 July
By Ned
You are so right!!!
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