One thing to be said about Mitt Romney's run for the presidency is that it is bringing out some unusual - and at times hilarious - tidbits about Mormon history. A case in point: the above photo of Brigham Morris Young, son of Mormon leader Brigham Young.
Kevin Sessums post as follows:
For your visual edification here is a photograph of Brigham Morris Young,
son of Brigham Young, in drag as Italian opera diva “Madam
Pattirini,” circa 1901. It is a photographic placard which advertised “her:
appearance at the Sugar House Ward, a Mormon “meeting house” in Salt Lake City,
Utah. Photo by C. R. Savage. No comment. I leave that up to
you folks.
Andy Towle has these additional informational tidbits about one of the leaders of Mitt "I support 3000 years of history that marriage is between one man and one woman" Romney:
Brigham
Young had 55 wives and fathered 56 children by 16 of them .
Brigham Morris Young
was his 35th son and founded the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association
(YMMIA), the predecessor to the Young Men program of The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints (
LDS Church). You can't make this stuff up. He
performed as
Pattirini in north and central Utah venues from 1885 to the 1900s. He could
produce a convincing falsetto, and many in the audience did not realize that
Pattirini was Young. He did marry one wife and had children of his
own
Wikipedia also reports on Young's cross dressing performing. For more interesting reading on Mormon sexual foibles and sexual nonconformity
check this out. It's pretty eye opening. Why do I think of the word hypocrisy when I think of Mitt Romney and Mormons who now support "the sanctity of marriage"?
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