The Polygamy Follies |
The expulsion vote fell short of the required two-thirds. Smoot took and kept his senate seat.
Borah’s quip is as apt today as it was in 1903.
“It's Not About The Sex” My Ass |
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But it is Idaho Senator William E. Borah, a Republican and a monogamous Mormon, whom we celebrate with this post, for his glorious, hypocrisy-nailing zinger delivered in Smoot’s defense. “I would rather serve in this august body with a polygamist who doesn't polyg,” Borah said, “than with a monogamist who doesn't monog.”
The expulsion vote fell short of the required two-thirds. Smoot took and kept his senate seat. Borah’s quip is as apt today as it was in 1903.
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