EPISODE · Jun 17, 2020 · 41 MIN
NBC WNCN-TV Stephanie Baker interviewed Mark Henkel at WCSH-TV - 2007-11-29
from National Polygamy Advocate · host Mark Henkel
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by Stephanie Baker of NBC 17 WNCN-TV of Raleigh, North Carolina, conducted via satellite in the studio of NBC 6 WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine, on November 29, 2007. The pre-interview occurred on November 7, 2007, with the follow-up call on the next day. The recording did not pick up the audio of the reporter's questions in the final interview recorded for television. However, Mark Henkel's answers make it self-evident what was being asked. As NBC's Faith & Values Reporter, Stephanie Baker sought to inform an audience in the southern "Bible Belt" geography about the new movement of Christian Polygamy that had/has no connection to Mormon Polygamy at all. This interview provided numerous powerful soundbites, incuding the following: "There is no such thing in the history of the universe of anybody ever escaping from polygamy. Thats about as ridiculous as saying somebody escaped from monogamy. People escape abuse. They escape cults. And as normal consenting adult pro-polygamists around the country, our hearts have gone out to every single person who has suffered abuse. Unfortunately, they transform that abuse that they suffered at the hand of a cult, or suffered at the hand of abuse, and they turn around and they say, 'ALL polygamists did that.' But that's like trying to blame all Christianity for someone who comes out of a cult, say, the Jonestown cult of 30 years ago." http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com
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National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by Stephanie Baker of NBC 17 WNCN-TV of Raleigh, North Carolina, conducted via satellite in the studio of NBC 6 WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine, on November 29, 2007. The pre-interview occurred on November 7, 2007, with the follow-up call on the next day. The recording did not pick up the audio of the reporter's questions in the final interview recorded for television. However, Mark Henkel's answers make it self-evident what was being asked. As NBC's Faith & Values Reporter, Stephanie Baker sought to inform an audience in the southern "Bible Belt" geography about the new movement of Christian Polygamy that had/has no connection to Mormon Polygamy at all. This interview provided numerous powerful soundbites, incuding the following: "There is no such thing in the history of the universe of anybody ever escaping from polygamy. Thats about as ridiculous as saying somebody escaped from monogamy. People escape abuse. They escape cults. And as normal consenting adult pro-polygamists around the country, our hearts have gone out to every single person who has suffered abuse. Unfortunately, they transform that abuse that they suffered at the hand of a cult, or suffered at the hand of abuse, and they turn around and they say, 'ALL polygamists did that.' But that's like trying to blame all Christianity for someone who comes out of a cult, say, the Jonestown cult of 30 years ago." http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com
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