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Benjamin Shaffer is a Mormon Fundamentalist living on the Wasatch Front.
Ciara Hulet
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints denied the existence of an 1886 polygamy revelation for over a century. Mormon Fundamentalist Benjamin Shaffer said that denial harmed his community.

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C.C.A. Christensen
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Much of the Joseph Smith story tuns on this question: Did he really discover golden plates? Historian John Turner says no, but he doesn't dismiss what came next. Listen to part two of "RadioWest's" conversation about the life and legacy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint's first leader and prophet.

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