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By Mark Henkel
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The Ten Commandments Movie - Corrections -1- Apr 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares Part 1 of "Corrections" to the 1956 movie, "The Ten Commandments." Christians and others watch that TV movie each year on Resurrection Sunday (aka "Easter"), even though the topic of the movie is actually NOT about the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Mark Henkel had watched this movie back on April 3, 1994, and recently again on March 31, 2024. This podcast Episode #316 was released on April 3, 2024 - exactly 30 years after he had watched the movie back on April 3, 1994. Starting this multi-part mini-series, Mark Henkel also teases that these corrections do specifically connect to the movement of Christian Polygamy which led to the overall movement of UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy.
The 7th year of Weekly Podcasts BEGINS - Mar 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel begins the coming 7th year of weekly episodes of this podcast. Since the actual 6th Year Anniversary of March 21, 2024, this episode formally begins this next year of episodes. Mark Henkel shares some sincerely personal information, references some of the ongoing subtopics that will continue, and invites listeners to share ideas that could be addressed in future episodes of this podcast.
Celebrating 6 Years of National Polygamy Advocate Podcast - Mar 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel personally celebrates the milestone of 6 years of weekly episodes of this podcast. The podcast’s first episode premiered on March 21, 2018. Mark Henkel also celebrates the new 1 year anniversary since the podcast transformed from archiving his numerous past media interviews into being directly-spoken tools for history, teaching, lessons-learned, personal details, and more.
SCOTUS Decision: Reynolds v. United States of 1878 -5- Mar 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares the 4th of the 6 Questions that the Supreme Court of the United States addressed in (this Part 5 of this multi-part mini-series regarding) Reynolds v. United States Decision of 1878. That "Question 4" to be determined by the Supreme Court in the case, asked, "4. Was the testimony of Amelia Jane Schofield, given at a former trial for the same offence, but under another indictment, improperly admitted in evidence?” This is the episode that asks all listeners to "Imagine a world where your wife or husband -against their will- could be compelled to testify against YOU for marrying YOU!"
SCOTUS Decision Reynolds V. United States of 1878 -RECAP 123- Mar 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares the RECAP of Questions #1, #2, and #3 of the 6 Questions that the Supreme Court of the United States addressed in (this RECAP 123 of this multi-part mini-series regarding) Reynolds v. United States Decision of 1878. By having this consolidated understanding of the first half of the 6 Questions, listeners will be hereby more prepared to contemplate the next 3 Questions to be shared in future coming podcast episodes.
SCOTUS Decision: Reynolds v. United States of 1878 -4- Feb 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares the 3nd of the 6 Questions that the Supreme Court of the United States addressed in (this Part 4 of this multi-part mini-series regarding) Reynolds v. United States Decision of 1878. That "Question 3" to be determined by the Supreme Court in the case, asked, “3. Were the challenges of certain other jurors by the government improperly sustained?” Chief Justice Waite's response continued yet again with the same clever nuanced word-game, applying a double-standard in hypocrisy that revealed the Court's bias.
SCOTUS Decision: Reynolds v. United States of 1878 -3- Feb 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares the 2nd of the 6 Questions that the Supreme Court of the United States addressed in (this Part 3 of this multi-part mini-series regarding) Reynolds v. United States Decision of 1878. That "Question 2" to be determined by the Supreme Court in the case, asked, “2. Were the challenges of certain petit jurors by the accused improperly overruled?” Chief Justice Waite's response continued with the same clever nuanced word-game that he had already started with "Question 1" and that he would still take even further as he later addressed the remaining questions.
A Happy Valentines Day 2024 - Year of the Toilet - Feb 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares how a TOILET made a truly Happy Valentines Day for a precious wife and his whole family. With storytelling style, Mark Henkel shares how he and his family will always remember this happy memory as the "Year of The Toilet" on Valentine's Day 2024. Listeners will also learn of a tactic that the government uses to bypass the Constitution that poses a "terror for polygamists." Without revealing anything that could be perceived as breaking any law against polygamy, this episode also reveals a deeper and more personal insight into Mark Henkel's deep love for a wife and for his whole family. Happy Valentines Day 2024, the "Year of the Toilet!"
SCOTUS Decision: Reynolds v. United States of 1878 -2- Feb 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares the 1st of the 6 Questions that the Supreme Court of the United States addressed in (this Part 2 of this multi-part mini-series regarding) Reynolds v. United States Decision of 1878. That "Question 1" to be determined by the Supreme Court in the case, asked, "1. Was the indictment bad because found by a grand jury of less than sixteen persons?" Chief Justice Waite's response opened the overall decision with a clever nuanced game that he would take further as he later addressed the remaining questions.
SCOTUS Decision: Reynolds v. United States of 1878 -1- (INTRO) Jan 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel provides the INTRO (as Part 1) to new multi-part mini-series of the Reynolds v. United States Decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in 1878. In previous episodes, Mark Henkel has shared Step 1, Step 2, and "The INTERIM" of the originating 4 steps of the "Government Subterfuge of Anti-Polygamy Laws." For this Step 3, "SCOTUS Decision: Reynolds v. United States of 1878," Mark Henkel will share all of Step 3 as a multi-part mini-series of several podcast episodes. In this Part 1 / INTRO episode here, Mark Henkel shares the specific "6 questions" that the 1878 SCOTUS was asked to address in the case. To be more fully prepared for this mini-series, listeners will want to have first listened to Episode #306 (the last previous one) for the RECAP.
Government Subterfuge of Anti-Polygamy Laws - RECAP pre-Step 3 - Jan 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares a RECAP of recent past episodes of the larger mini-series, "Government Subterfuge of Anti-Polygamy Laws." He refers to Episodes #297, 298 (Step 1), 299 (Step 2), and 301 (The INTERIM). Mark Henkel explains that sharing Step 3 will require more comprehensive information. He explains that he will thus create a multi-part mini-series (within this larger mini-series) for detailing Step 3, to be identified as "SCOTUS Decision: Reynold v. United States of 1878." That coming mini-series will be concluded with a "WRAP-UP" episode before then sharing Step 4. Listeners will find this episode as a helpful resource for finding the previous information in this larger series of the originating 4 Steps of the "Government Subterfuge of Anti-Polygamy Laws."
Why Poly-Monogamy & Democracy Are Alike - Jan 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel explains why the two terms, "poly-monogamy" and "democracy," are similar in their juxtapositions of meanings - when they are right to use and when they are not. Mark Henkel teaches how America is based on "democracy" in DESCRIPTION but is not "A democracy" in APPLICATION. Mark Henkel then shows how the same contrast applies to "poly-monogamy" in regard to polygamy. Although brief, this episode offers much deeper insight and information than many listeners might have otherwise expected.
Sister Wives Show was NOT a Failure of Polygamy - Jan 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel explains why the implosion of the family on the "Sister Wives" TV show was NOT a "failure of polygamy." Despite anti-polygamists trying to propagandize that false notion, Mark Henkel not only shows that calling it a "failure of polygamy" is a lie, but he succinctly and directly shows why. Quoting himself from what he said on Polygamy Day ® 23, Mark Henkel lists out the three key events that provided foresight of the family's inevitable falling apart. Pro-polygamists will find this episode as a useful resource and important tool for proving this point and showing what kind of failure it actually and only proves. Anti-polygamists, if they allow themselves, will surely be educated with a deeper understanding.
Mark Henkel Shares His Past 2023 - Welcoming 2024 - Jan 2024
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares his personal stories, showing how difficult and tragic the Year 2023 had been for his family. Mark Henkel both finds and inspires hope as he welcomes the coming Year 2024 and wishes all a Happy New Year. Connecting this Episode #303 of January 3, 2024, to the episodes of the previous year 2023, listeners may learn and understand what Mark Henkel was personally going through at the times when various episodes of this podcast were created and posted. Some who listen to this episode might find it both inspiring ad well as insightful about the National Polygamy Advocate, himself.
The Books that Mark Henkel Read in 2023 - Dec 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares a new celebration/wrap-up of the 22 books he read over the previous year - the books that the National Polygamy Advocate read in 2023. When anti-polygamists try to use a commonly-tried smear-tactic that attempts to suggest that pro-polygamists – or Mark Henkel, himself - are supposedly “uninformed, uneducated, or just downright stupid,” this Episode #302 demonstrates for all listeners (including such anti-polygamists) that such a smear-tactic is now evidentiarily, clearly, and provably false.“But wait! There’s more!” How so? Activists, supporters, and all listeners will certainly both find that answer and find a benefit by listening through to the end of this Episode #302 of December 27, 2023.
Government Subterfuge of Anti-Polygamy Laws - The INTERIM - Dec 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares the INTERIM, defined as the period between The Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act of 1862 and the Supreme Court Decision of Reynolds v. United States of 1878. This episode begins with the history of US government through that period and then concludes with the rise of the new religion in the 1800s of what is commonly known as "the Mormons." Understanding this INTERIM provides listeners with the essential context of the period: from when the first anti-polygamy law was passed to when the Supreme Court later first affirmed it, all via the government subterfuge. Many listeners are apt to find this episode more enjoyably educational about the relevant history than they might have otherwise expected.
Mark Henkel Celebrates 300 Episodes of Weekly Podcasts - Dec 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel celebrates this 300th weekly episode of the National Polygamy Advocate ™ PODCAST. Mark Henkel explains how, starting from March 21, 2018, the podcast initially began as an archive for history of the past media interviews he has given for UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. Since previously celebrating the 5th Year Anniversary earlier in March 2023, Mark Henkel explains how the podcast then started airing weekly episodes in which he shares and speaks directly about related UCAP polygamy issues. Listeners will enjoy both this episode and celebrating this historic new milestone too.
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Government Subterfuge of Anti-Polygamy Laws - Step 2 - Dec 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares the "STEP 2" of the 4 Steps of the Government Subterfuge that created Anti-Polygamy Laws in the United States in the 1800s. Continuing the educational sharing from the previous two episodes, this Episode #299 teaches about the very first anti-polygamy law, the “Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act of 1862.” Activists, supporters, listeners, and even anti-polygamy apologists will be apt to want to listen (and re-listen) to this episode (and mini-series of episodes) more than once.
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Government Subterfuge of Anti-Polygamy Laws - Step 1 - Nov 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares the "STEP 1" of the Government Subterfuge that created Anti-Polygamy Laws in the 1800s. Back in the previous episode (Episode #297), Mark Henkel had introduced the 4 origins -the "4 Steps"- that established the anti-polygamy laws in the United States. For this current episode here (Episode #298), Mark Henkel provides the background and details of that first step. Mark Henkel uncovers that "Step 1" of the longer-term strategic process by which the US Federal Government cleverly, deceptively, and knowingly bypassed the Constitution to bring about the tyranny of such otherwise anti-Constitutional laws. First-time listeners might find it helpful to first listen to the previous Episode #297 as a more generic background and preparatory summary preceding this episode here. Indeed, this Episode #298 here is so chock full of important, relevant political history of the era (even in addition to the primary matter of anti-polygamy laws) that many listeners might find themselves learning a number of surprising facts which they might likely have never been taught before. Supporters will learn a three-word phrase to never forget how the government achieved this exposed subterfuge. Activists, supporters, listeners, and even anti-polygamy apologists will be apt to find this episode to be genuinely significant, credible, and informative enough to which most people will want to listen (and re-listen) more than once.
Anti-Polygamy Laws were NEVER Pro-Woman - Nov 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares how the US' anti-polygamy laws were NEVER pro-woman. Mark Henkel runs through a concise history-timeline from the original Republican Party presidents, to the Democrat vs. Whig Party presidents, to the Democrat vs NEW Republican Party presidents. Mark Henkel details the first party plank, passed laws, and Supreme Court decisions that criminalized UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, in the United States. Mark Henkel pulls all these facts of history together that combine to prove the startling yet inescapable conclusion of this podcast episode's title. Listeners may find this Episode #297 as an important resource for refuting a commonly used false claim made by anti-polygamists.
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False Notions that Anti-Polygamists Claim - Nov 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares a number of the assertions that anti-polygamists use against defenders of UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. By listing out some of these notions in this brief Episode #296, Mark Henkel opens up topics for future episodes of this podcast.
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Persuading Anti-Polygamists - Part 2 - HOW & WHO - Nov 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares and re-summarizes the HOW & WHO questions in this sub-series on persuading anti-polygamists. The previous episode (Episodes #294 of November 1, 2023) presented Part 1. The past 10 episodes before that (Episodes #284 - #293, from August 23 - October 25, 2023) may be understood as being divided into 2 parts. Part 1 comprise the first 4 episodes of the ten; and, Part 2 comprises the final 6 episodes of the ten. For Part 2 here, in this Episode #295, Mark Henkel shows how the fifth episode provides the "HOW" and the sixth through tenth episodes provide the "WHO" in this approach to persuading anti-polygamists to allow UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. Listeners will additionally benefit from listening (or listening again) to the previous 11 episodes, whether for deeper context or for a quick refresher of the lessons presented.
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Persuading Anti-Polygamists - Part 1 - WHAT & WHY - Nov 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares and re-summarizes the WHAT & WHY questions in this sub-series on persuading anti-polygamists. The previous 10 episodes (Episodes #284 - #293, from August 23 - October 25, 2023) may be divided into 2 parts. The first 4 episodes of the ten comprise Part 1; and, the final 6 episodes of the ten comprise Part 2. For Part 1, in this Episode #294, Mark Henkel shows how the first 3 episodes provide the "WHAT" and the fourth episode provides the "WHY" in this approach to persuading anti-polygamists to allow UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. Listeners will additionally benefit from listening (or re-listening) to the previous 10 episodes, whether for deeper context or for a quick refresher of the lessons presented.
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WHO Will This Even Persuade? The Libertarians - Oct 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel answers the question, "Who will this even persuade? The Libertarians.” This Episode #293 shows how to help Libertarians self-persuade themselves to allow UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. Mark Henkel shares how to help such Libertarians maintain their Cognitive Consistency by recognizing that their supporting UCAP will be also absolutely aligned with their own “more important, higher-level contextual beliefs.” Mark Henkel shows how Libertarians tend to believe 2, if not 3, of the Liberals’ (listed) beliefs, to also believe 2, if not 3, of the Conservatives’ (listed) beliefs, and to oppose “victimless crimes” of “Potheads & Prostitutes.” Listeners will certainly obtain value from listening (or re-listening) to the previous 9 episodes, whether for deeper context or for a quick refresher of the lessons presented.
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WHO Will This Even Persuade? The Christians - Oct 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel answers the question, "Who will this even persuade? The Christians.” This Episode #292 shows how to help Christians self-persuade themselves to allow UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. Without going into the voluminously numerous Bible-citations, Mark Henkel instead shares how to help such Christians maintain their Cognitive Consistency by recognizing that their supporting UCAP will be also absolutely aligned with their own “more important, higher-level contextual beliefs” as well as with their even higher level values as Christians. This episode shares how and when to respond to various Christians with the following three questions. "Are you calling Jesus, even God the Father, as perverts?" “You would not want to blaspheme the Holy Ghost, would you?” “You would not want to be an idolator, would you?” Listeners will additionally benefit from listening (or re-listening) to the previous 8 episodes, whether for deeper context or for a quick refresher of the lessons presented.
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WHO Will This Even Persuade? The Conservatives - Oct 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel answers the question, "Who will this even persuade? The Conservatives.” This Episode #291 shows how to help political “Conservatives” self-persuade themselves to allow UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. Mark Henkel shares how to help such Conservatives maintain their Cognitive Consistency by recognizing that their supporting UCAP will be also absolutely aligned with their own “more important, higher-level contextual beliefs.” Listeners will additionally benefit from listening (or re-listening) to the previous 7 episodes, whether for deeper context or for a quick refresher of the lessons presented.
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WHO Will This Even Persuade? The Liberals - Oct 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel answers the question, "Who will this even persuade? The Liberals.” This Episode #290 shows how to help political “Liberals” self-persuade themselves to allow UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. Mark Henkel shares how to help such Liberals maintain their Cognitive Consistency by recognizing that their supporting UCAP will be also absolutely aligned with their own “more important, higher-level contextual beliefs.” Listeners will additionally benefit from listening (or re-listening) to the previous 6 episodes, whether for deeper context or for a quick refresher of the lessons presented.
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WHO Will This Even Persuade? - Sep 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel answers the "WHO?" question about persuading anti-polygamists and/or "One Man One Woman" (OMOW) supporters to stop disallowing UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. Namely, "Who will this even persuade?" Relying upon the previous 5 podcast episodes, this Episode #289 begins the answer to the question - as a prelude to the next coming episodes that will each address specific groups of anti-polygamists or others who are not yet supporters of UCAP polygamy. Listeners will additionally find value in listening (or re-listening) to the previous 5 episodes, whether for greater context or for a simple refresher of the lessons shared.
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HOW Do We Persuade Them? (Anti-Polygamists) - Sep 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel answers the "HOW?" question about persuading anti-polygamists and/or "One Man One Woman" (OMOW) supporters to allow UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. This directly follows the previous podcast Episode which answered the question, "Why should I even care?" In this subsequent episode, Mark Henkel shares and shows that, before we ask "Who will this even persuade?" we must first know the answer to the question, "How do we persuade them?" Listeners will likely also benefit from listening (or re-listening) to the previous four episodes, either for greater context or for a simple refresher of the lessons shared.
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The Destructive Perils of One Man One Woman - Sep 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel summarizes "The Destructive Perils of One Man One Woman.” Anti-polygamists often ask the question, "Why should I even care?" Mark Henkel provides activists and supporters with the meaningful, powerful, and persuasive answer. Sourced from the previous three podcast episodes of "The Story of 10 Men & 10 Women," "Marital Marxism," and "The Era of Dumbed Down Males," Mark Henkel shares how activists and supporters can learn to show others why such others do care if they do care about women, men, and society. Listeners seeking to learn how to share this meaningful answer will likely want to refresh their memories and want to listen to this episode and the previous three podcast episodes more than once.
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The Era of Dumbed Down Males - Mark Henkel Shares - Sept 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares the details of our current "Era of Dumbed Down Males." This episode continues the theme from the two previous podcast episodes about the "10 Man & 10 Women" story and “Marital Marxism.” From abandoned single moms to “playas” to “baby daddies,” from jokes about marriage to quoting Oscar Wilde, addressing terms from “Toxic Masculinity” to “Beta Males,” and more, Mark Henkel shows how these kinds of things over the last century and a half has led to men becoming so afraid of marriage, giving us this current era. Mark Henkel shows how the Polygamy Rights Win-Win Solution can actually help to incentivize men to want to become better men for the women to choose, as he calls for us to end our “Era of Dumbed Down Males.”
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Marital Marxism of One Man One Woman - Mark Henkel Shares - Aug 2023
Ep#285 - Published: Aug. 30, 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares why One Man One Woman (OMOW) is what he calls, “Marital Marxism.” Mark Henkel explains the ideology of Karl Marx, the 19th century writer who wrote “The Communist Manifesto.” Mark Henkel explains that Marxism is the ideology of re-distribution, the foundation of socialism and communism. Building on the previous Episode #284 of August 23, 2023, with his “Story of the 10 Men and 10 Women,” Mark Henkel shows in this Episode #285 of August 30, 2023, how OMOW is a re-distribution of the better women to the jerk-men, disincentivizing all men from even trying to become better men for the women to choose.
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Women's Choice: 10 Men & 10 Women Story - Mark Henkel Shares - Aug 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares his famous sound-bite story of "The 10 Men and 10 Women." This story exposes the unwitting hypocrisy of anti-polygamists who oppose UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, while saying they support Women’s Choice.
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August 19 is Polygamy Day ® - Mark Henkel Shares - Aug 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares how August 19 became the trademark-protected Polygamy Day ®. Mark Henkel tells the story of how the first "Polygamy Day" began in 2001, how the Polygamy Day, Inc. corporation was established in 2002, and how the trademark was registered in 2007. Mark Henkel details how the fact of the first celebration occurring in 2001 made it easy to identify it as "Polygamy Day 1" and to label each subsequent year by the last number of the respective year. For example, the celebration in 2023 is "Polygamy Day 23." Mark Henkel tells how Polygamy Day ® originated among activist members of the TruthBearer.org organization and transformed into an expansion to include any form of UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, to also celebrate. While providing the history of Polygamy Day ®, this Episode #283 also quietly demonstrates the subtle leadership that went into making this very special annual celebration both possible and protected. Listeners are asked, "What will you do to celebrate the NEXT Polygamy Day ®?"
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What Is Unfair? - Mark Henkel Shares & Declares - Aug 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares and declares, "What Is Unfair," as a response to the repeated culturally indoctrinated assertion that mistakenly suggests a falsehood that supposedly "polygamy is unfair." Mark Henkel uses an entertaining storytelling dialog style to show how the opposite is true, revealing really, "What Is Unfair." Activists and supporters will want to use/share the link for this podcast episode when encountering this false assertion made by anyone else not yet supportive of UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy.
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Mark Henkel Celebrates 100 Hours of Weekly Podcast Content - Aug 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel celebrates 100 hours of audio-content posted to this podcast over the last five-plus years. Mark Henkel explains how he uses this episode as a citable-resource for activists and supporters to use when answering any questions asked by others about this podcast. He also cites the average time-lengths of episodes and related statistics. Although this Episode #281 here is a shorter one, Mark Henkel shares how other episodes have been almost 3 hours long. Supportive listeners and general researchers are likely to enjoy learning about this quick information about the podcast.
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“What I had to Learn & Grow in the 2020s SO FAR” - Mark Henkel Shares - July 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel, finishing a series of the previous 3 episodes, shares what he had to learn & grow, SO FAR, through the beginning of the 2020s for the modern polygamy rights movement for unrelated consenting adults. Mark Henkel tells of the pandemic he calls “Covid1984” and both shares & honors two close, helpful, and dear polygamous friends who had passed away. Mark Henkel explains how he became a serous reader of non-fiction books (to self-determine how he qualitatively wants to write his own books) and shares how he expanded his topics of keynote speeches even beyond UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, to increase his public speaking skills for the movement. After noting the change in direction of this podcast to involve his speaking directly to listeners, Mark Henkel observes that, with this Episode #280, this podcast has just crossed the milestone of over 100 hours of audio-content. Happily acknowledging how much he has clearly had to learn & grow over the decades, Mark Henkel concludes the 4-episode mini-series, sharing his enthusiasm and anticipation for whatever else he is going learn & grow for the rest of the 2020s ahead.
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“What I had to Learn & Grow in the 2010s” - Mark Henkel Shares - July 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel, continuing a series of the previous two podcast episodes, shares what he had to learn and grow throughout the 2010s decade for the modern polygamy rights movement for unrelated consenting adults. Mark Henkel tells of how he had to learn and grow to become a professional-level Public Speaker, a privacy-protector for supporters, a manager of the problematic tech giant sites, a podcast-uploader, and a person ever-keeping hope under disappointment. In this longer, comprehensive Episode #279, Mark Henkel shares what he did to learn and grow his public skills that even led to his being asked to professionally present a keynote about polygamy at Yale, the challenges of the "tech giants" interfering in getting a messages seen and heard on the internet, and the Supreme Court cases that should have otherwise been helpful for polygamy rights for UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. Listeners will genuinely discover much more in this episode than they might otherwise anticipate. As Mark Henkel keeps repeating in this brief series, for the dedicated work of fighting for our freedom, there is much he had to learn and grow.
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"What I had to Learn & Grow in the 2000s" - Mark Henkel Shares - July 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel, continuing a new series of new podcast episodes, shares what he personally had to learn and to grow throughout the years of the 2000s decade for the modern polygamy rights movement for unrelated consenting adults. With the Standard of Love-not-Force bringing healing and growth, the decade of the 2000s started with much hope. Mark Henkel shares his history-storytelling about Y2K, Web 2.0, Polygamy Day ®, being on Pat Robertson's "700 Club" TV program, and how the tech giants of Google, Yahoo, and Facebook brought a more disappointing end to that decade. Mark Henkel lists his role throughout the 2000s, including being a Trademark mini-expert, a Webhosting Server owner, a Writer and Rhetorician, a Media Talking Head, a Legal "expert" (while not an attorney), and able to grow beyond serving Christian Polygamy to also becoming the overall National Polygamy Advocate. From all this, Mark Henkel still had more to learn and grow in the next decades to come.
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“What I had to Learn & Grow in the 1990s” - Mark Henkel Shares - July 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel, starting a new series of new podcast episodes, shares what he personally had to learn and to grow throughout the years of the modern polygamy rights movement for unrelated consenting adults. In this Episode #277, the first installment in the series, Mark Henkel shares what he to learn and grow in the decade of the 1990s. Finding that the idea of “prohibiting polygamy” is nowhere in the Bible and finding that the words, “marriage” and “polygamy” are nowhere in the US Constitution, Mark Henkel understood that he had to study both the Bible and the Constitution intensely in order to present and help teach others to present the issue to the public. Mark Henkel lists his role throughout the 1990s, including being and becoming an intense student, a newspaper publisher, a home-church pastor, a webmaster, a teacher, and a leader on the national -even international- stage. And all that was just the beginning.
Why Polyamory is NOT Polygamy - Mark Henkel Shares - June 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares the reasons why Polyamory is Not Polygamy. Adding to the list of word-definitions he has shared in recent episodes of this podcast, Mark Henkel adds this new word, “Polyamory,” to that list. Mark Henkel refers to word etymologies, shows what Polyamory is, how it is different from Polygamy, and ends with a memorable soundbite metaphor to make it easy to always remember the difference between Polyamory and Polygamy.
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Why June 26 is Such a Significant Date - Mark Henkel Shares - June 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares a number of milestones - all occurring on June 26th - throughout the history of the modern movement of UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, which was made possible first by the beginning of Christian Polygamy. Mark Henkel reveals his own personal story of how everything all began for him on June 26, 1993, and how that date both changed his life and confirmed his life. Listeners will find this Episode both uniquely informative and inspiringly insightful for acknowledging and celebrating the 30 years from June 26, 1993, through June 26, 2023.
HONEST POLYGAMY vs DISHONEST BIGAMY - Mark Henkel Shares - June 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares and explains the difference between HONEST POLYGAMY vs DISHONEST BIGAMY. Mark Henkel demonstrates how the Standard of Love-Not-Force and the self-identification of UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, delineate the valid definition of HONEST POLYGAMY. Mark Henkel then shares how an example from a movie in 1996, titled, “Frequent Flier,” provides a perfect example of the deception and cruelty of DISHONEST BIGAMY. Mark Henkel then shows how DISHONEST BIGAMY could reasonably be treated as either a crime or as a tort. This episode provides the final difference between the meanings of the words POLYGAMY and BIGAMY, as demonstrated from the difference between HONEST POLYGAMY vs DISHONEST BIGAMY.
How BIGAMY differs from POLYGAMY - Mark Henkel Shares - June 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares how the meaning of the word BIGAMY is different from the word POLYGAMY. He corrects the common misunderstanding that suggests the following untrue mis-definitions: "Bigamy is marrying two wives and polygamy is marrying more than two wives." Citing the specific BIGAMY statute from his own State of Maine, Mark Henkel guides the listener through the ramifications of the law. He also reveals and explains how the “purports clause” even criminalizes free speech for honest polygamists in UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. Listeners should find that this episode not only continues forward from the recent episodes of providing education regarding specific terminology, but it also does so in a fun, entertaining, and yet fully serious presentation style.
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Polygamy Rights 'Victory Lap' was Robbed by Covid1984 - May 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares how the Polygamy Rights "Victory Lap" was robbed by Covid1984. In this Episode #272, Mark Henkel shares a historic milestone that occurred in bigamy law. Using his storytelling style, Mark Henkel tells of what he calls "Covid1984," teaches how federal government (under both Presidents Trump and Biden) failed its duty under Article 4 Section 4 of the US Constitution (which Mark Henkel quotes), references what he calls the "government murder" of George Floyd, and explains why he spells the word "PolicE" in way that listeners will not soon forget. (Yes, he makes it clear that he certainly supports police for protecting innocents from real crime.) Mark Henkel explains why the new bigamy legal milestone is so important while also quoting the Utah State Constitution. Mark Henkel shows how these events robbed the polygamy rights movement for UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, from being able to have a "media victory lap" to further fight for freedom. From such storytelling of these events, listeners will find this episode to be loaded with information and education.
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Why National Polygamy Advocate is not National POLYGYNY Advocate - May 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel shares why he is not the "National POLYGYNY Advocate." In this Episode #271, Mark Henkel teaches the meanings of the words, Polygamy, Polyandry, and Polygyny. After that, he shares the three reasons why he is NOT the "National POLYGYNY Advocate." Listeners will find this episode as both educational and fun.
Why is Polygadolatry Spelled that Way? - Mark Henkel Shares - May 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel - who created the word, "Polygadolatry," to define a a serious problem - shares why he chose to spell it with the letter "A" after the letter "G," instead of using the letter "I." With humorous background of ongoing debates of how to pronounce ".GIF" and "polygyny," Mark Henkel humorously shares the final, funny, and fun reason why "Polygadolatry" is spelled that way. Regardless of polygamy advocacy, anyone anywhere who has ever participated in either of those other debates will likely also find this podcast Episode #270 to be educational as well as both, funny and fun.
What is Polygadolatry? - Mark Henkel Shares - May 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel teaches against the perils of "Polygadolatry" as he shares the history of the early polygamy movement from the 1990s. In the previous episode of this podcast, Mark Henkel provided three primary reasons why he is the National Polygamy Advocate, not the National Polygamist. As a follow up, here, Mark Henkel shares the 4th reason, one which applies to all three of the previous reasons. Mark Henkel shares how Polygadolatry appeared as a problematic phenomenon in the 1990s with a couple criminal cult leaders that hurt wives as well as foolish husbands, devastated families, and threatened to destroy the young movement for all genuinely normal pro-polygamists. Mark Henkel passionately teaches “Polygadolatry is wrong on every level,” that “we are all equals as human beings,” and that no "practicing polygamist" should ever be viewed as “superior” to any non-practicing pro-polygamy families or supporters. For those seeking to get inside-information and direct education about the early years of the Christian Polygamy movement and the overall larger movement of UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, this Episode #269 is another important “must hear.”
Why National Polygamy Advocate does not mean National Polygamist - May 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel directly shares why the meaning of “National Polygamy ADVOCATE” ™ does NOT mean “National POLYGAMIST. Mark Henkel provides three primary reasons, empowering every genuine supporter seeking to successfully persuade others to allow freedom for families in UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. He shows how this movement is NOT a “cult of personality,” that it is a movement of rhetoric & principles, and that any sincere supporter of these UCAP rhetoric and principles is indeed qualified to advocate for polygamy. He concludes that the brand name, “National Polygamy Advocate,” has always been about setting an example for all such supporters. Mark Henkel wraps this episode up with a surprising addition: teasing a prelude for the next coming Episode (#269) in this podcast. This Episode #268 here is a “must hear” for any UCAP polygamy supporter seeking to persuade others.
Why is Mark Henkel the National Polygamy Advocate? - Apr 2023
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel directly shares the answer to the question, “Why is He the National Polygamy Advocate ™? Was he elected to the role? What does the name even mean? Mark Henkel answers the question as he explains the past dangers for advocating polygamy back in the 1990s and 2020s, the need to correct and inform what he identifies as the “Manufactured News Corporations,” how no other non-Mormon, normal, non-criminal proponent was willing to step up for Christian Polygamy and the larger overall movement of UCAP (Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy), and how he lives by a principle he labels as “Leadership Leads.” This podcast Episode #267 succinctly informs listeners with the specific answer to the title question.