OKLAHOMA
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Boise City, OK – A group of fundamentalist Mormons is now calling Boise City home and this has some residents concerned about their new neighbors.
Hundreds of Boise City residents gathered Tuesday night to learn about the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. The organization, known for the practice of polygamy, is not affiliated with the mainstream Mormon church. They broke away from the church more than a hundred years ago when Mormon leaders outlawed polygamy.
Some called the meeting a witch hunt, some called it an informative presentation, but regardless it was a full house of residents looking for answers.
“There’s been a lot of stuff going on in this community that I don’t like,” said Cimarron County Sheriff Leon Apple at the start of the meeting. “It’s dividing the community and I don’t like that. We are one community. We need stick together.”
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