to save face. So if you are saying "I don't believe these Mormons were as stupid as they say" I think that is a safe bet.

Only hearing about the doc from others, so I obviously don't know the details and never will watch honestly.

Its probably a decent chance they were down with everything until they 'couldn't' be.

Marrying young girls and shit is common with the extremists who have multiple wives. Those young girls also have parents who must be cool with it. My point being its kind of ingrained in the dna.