text: Why shouldn't it be linked to religious freedom?  Islam permits polygamy.  Christianity and Islam permit slavery.  The defence of "religious freedom' has been used to discriminate against same-sex couples, deny pregnant women of a full suite of health services (i.e. contraception and abortion).  So why should we not recognize the religious freedom defence for Mormons?
  
  The simple answer should be that religious freedom doesn't supersede the rights of others.  In the pecking order of freedoms, it should come last.