National Polygamy Advocate

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was on "Jamie Floyd: Best Defense" on the television network, Court TV, on September 26, 2007.  Host Jami Floyd was a former defense attorney who had been a legal consultant for various television networks, aside from her own program.  This interview was the third of a number of times that Mark Henkel was brought on this TV program as the expert during the trial of FLDS criminal cult leader Warren Jeffs.  In this interview, Warren Jeffs had been found guilty of arranging the forced arranged marriage of a 14 year old girl with her monogamous 19 year old cousin - it had nothing to do with polygamy.  Mark Henkel was able to adamantly differentiate normal healthy UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, as not being connected to the criminal Warren Jeffs or those crimes whatsoever.  This interview included clips of the in-court testimony of the girl at the trial - to which Mark Henkel compassionately identified as heart-wrenching. As the host had

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by Keith Plocek for Houston Press, in Houston, Texas, on March 21, 2006.  After seeing a report in Newsweek magazine involving Mark Henkel, the reporter wanted to do an article about polygamy.  Mark Henkel, knowing that he was speaking to a newspaper in  a Bible Belt state with conservative Christians, spelled out the Christian and Conservative arguments of the new movement of Christian Polygamy and how it is different from Mormon Polygamy.  The  reporter acknowledged that what he learned from this interview was more (and sensible) than what he had thought going in to it, even as he "went in to it without any pre-conceived notions."  The reporter even said that the argumentations are "well worked out."  This interview provides numerous Biblical arguments, including Mark Henkel's soundbite of the 3 reasons why supporters of OMOW (One Man One Woman) can not use the Adam & Eve story to justify a big goverment marriage

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by Sylvie St. Jacques for LaPresse,  in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on June 6, 2006.  This was a general Q&A interview for the French-Canadian-speaking newspaper, seeking soundbites and background, following the then-recent premiere of HBO's new fictional TV show about polygamy, "Big Love." http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalpolygamyadvocate/support

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was on Court TV Morning Radio with Vinnie Politan, on satellite Sirius 110, on September 5, 2006.  This was following the arrest and extradition of Warren Jeffs, the cult leader of the FLDS, the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints.  Mark Henkel was respectfully given the opportunity to clarify that UCAP (Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy) has nothing do with that criminal, cult, or its crimes, and to differentiate the different forms (Mormon polygamy, Christian polygamy, secular polygamy, etc.).  Speaking with callers to the show, Mark Henkel also provided his longer-soundbite of three specific reasons why Christians can not rationally use the "Adam & Eve" story to justify using government marriage conrol to enforce an unbiblical "One Man One Woman" (OMOW) doctrine. http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalpolygamyadvocate/support

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed for NewsRadio 1020 KDKA by Lifestyle and Entertainment Editor, Shelley Duffy, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 27, 2006.  This was a general Q&A interview (including a brief amount of unexpected technical difficulties), seeking soundbites from Mark Henkel as the National Polygamy Advocate ™, following the then-recent premiere of HBO's new fictional TV show about polygamy, "Big Love." http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalpolygamyadvocate/support

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was on The Tom Barberi Show on 97.5 FM Talk, KFMS, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 13, 2006, following the then-recent premiere of HBO's new fictional TV show about polygamy, "Big Love." The host was a Utah-locally-renowned liberal/progressive commentator whose tagline claimed to be for "legalizing adulthood" as the host being "the voice of reason."  As the host had just, moments-previously, interviewed a painfully hostile anti-Mormon polygamy group that existed back then in Utah (who wrongly blamed "all polygamy" for the horrible crimes committed by specific fundamental Mormom polygamy based cults), the host was repeatedly hostile, mockery, and directing questions intended to discredit or to disparage.  Mark Henkel stood strong and gave rapid, educational, and conprehensive replies, using the "neutral noun is not modified by a missing adjective" argumentation, and more.  As the host had not succeeded in discrediting or disaparaging, he chose to end th

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was on Culture Shocks with Barry Lynn, nationally syndicated, on April 11, 2006.  The interview itself occurred on March 27, 2006, following the then-recent premiere of HBO's new fictional TV show about polygamy, "Big Love." The host is a renowned politically liberal/progressive commentator, media-known for being counterpart to the co-host Pat Buchanan in the 1990s (a conservative Presidential Candidate in both the Republican and the Reform Parties), and the host also is head of a progressive organization named, the Americans United for Separation of Church and State.   Serving that particularly liberal/progressive audience on his own show, the self-identified "great liberal" host remained very professional and polite on the show, asking very good questions.  Some unknown situation was decided by the syndicated hierarchy in the background during the interview that caused the interview from not being aired "live" that evening, to then being pushed to

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was on Understanding the Law with Peter Lamont, on UTLradio.com, on June 29, 2015.   On the Monday weekly 2-hour legal review that the host would present each week with co-host Bob Hughes, this episode was coming after the 3-days-earlier historic decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), Obergefell v. Hodges (6/26/2015), that formally legalized same sex marriage.  The host is an attorney who self-identified as a Christian (Russian Orthodox) who defends equality and fairness.  The co-host is a Republican who self-identified as non-religious.  The host and co-host interviewed Mark Henkel on this episode between the times of 12:56 and 41:34.  The show opened with a  reading and detailing of the Court's Opinions & Dissents from Obergefell v. Hodges.  The host then welcomed Mark Henkel to answer the fundamental question that both conservatives and liberals have to consider in the wake of that SCOTUS Decision. &n

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was on Richmond's Morning News with Jimmy Barrett on 1140 WRVA, in Richmond, Virginia, on March 14, 2006.   That month, polygamy had just become a "hot topic" for talk radio as the new HBO TV show, "Big Love," had just premiered that month, being the very first series (fiction) to show polygamy in a non-criminal manner.  (In the pre-interview setup, beeps are used to protect the privacy of a telephone number.) Both WRVA overall and this show specifically served a conserative Christian audience in the Bible Belt, and the well-known host was surprised to learn that there are indeed evangelical Christian arguments being made for UCPA Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy.  The host asked his questions very professionally, respectfully, and positively.  This interview became another good example for teaching and learning how to make the case specifically to conservative evangalical Christian audiences http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com  --

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was on The Dom Giordano Show, on The BigTalker 1210 WPHT, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 16, 2006.   The issue of polygamy had just become a "hot topic" for talk radio as the new HBO show, "Big Love," had just premiered that month, being the very first series (fiction) to show polygamy in a non-criminal manner.  The host is the show's renowned namesake, long established on a network committed to serving a politically conservative and Christian audience.  The host was positive, professional, surprised, and was able to rightly acknowledge the powerful answers and differentiations that Mark Henkel had presented.  Callers, however, called in to fight; and, Mark Henkel also did not disappoint in this arena.  This interview provides a powerful and educational lesson on how to frame, present, and argue with conservatives and Christians about Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy (UCAP).  He showed how, with One Man One Woman (OMOW) bi

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was on BackChat on Radio Television Hong Kong RTHK, co-hosted by Hugh Chiverton and Bryan Curtis, on September 8, 2006.  While airing live during Hong Kong morning, the 12-hour time zone difference meant that Mark Henkel gave this interview at 9:15 pm ET the night before on September 7, 2006.  While using conservative and Christian "commonplaces" of terms, Mark Henkel explained how it doesn't matter whether or not one supports same sex marriage because government has no authority to license, define, or control what consenting adults choose to do in their freedom of assembly.  With the "Polygamy Rights Win-Win Solution to end the marriage debate" in a way by which everone "wins," Mark Henkel explained how everyone is free to choose, regardless of that which others support or do not support what yet others choose or imagine for their own lives. The "house of cards" of anti-polygamy thinking analogy was explained in detail.  Overall, the two co-hosts a

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed  on July 10, 2003, for an article in "Whistleblower" magazine, published by WorldNetDaily of WorldNetDaily.com, by freelance writer, Allyson Smith, for the August 2003 edition.  As the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) had just decided the Lawrence v. Texas case 2 weeks earlier on June 26th, that magazine that served a Christian and Conservative audience sought to get a report on the pro-polygamy response to the Court's decision.  Knowing that he was speaking to that specific audience, Mark Henkel intentionally used that consitituency's rhetorical "commonplace" terminology, in order to more successfuly persuade them of how their own values would compel them to see how the Bible never banned polygamy and how limited government means not using government for such a ban.  Anyone who believes in a Christian or Conservative political paradigm will recognize that this is "no liberal" argumentation (which they know would otherwise

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was on "Jamie Floyd: Best Defense" on the television network, Court TV, on September 21, 2007.  Host Jami Floyd was a former defense attorney who had been a legal consultant for various television networks, aside from her own program.  This interview was the second of a number of times that Mark Henkel was brought on this TV program as the expert during the trial of FLDS criminal cult leader Warren Jeffs. Mark Henkel was able to adamantly differentiate normal healthy UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, as not being connected to the criminal Warren Jeffs or those crimes whatsoever.  As she had been previously, the host was very professional, friendly, understood every argumentation, and was again happy to bring Mark Henkel on future episodes during the trial as well. http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalpolygamyadvocate/support

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by Branden Rathert, on Live Talk Radio on NewsRadio 1620 in Pensacola, Florida, on June 13, 2013, to discuss the Constitutional arguments for de-criminalizing UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy, the "Polygamy Rights Win-Win Solution" to end the marriage debate, and how the movement was ready to act after the then-pending decision of the US Supreme Court on the Hollingsworth v. Perry case. (HISTORY NOTE: Later that month, on June 26, 2013, the US Supreme Court instead refused the Hollingsworth case, vacating and remanding the lower decision, solely based on a technicality of "legal standing" and not on the merits of anything argued.) Closing the interview, the host asked one final question, "What's the disadvantage to having more than one spouse?" Mark Henkel gave the quick reply that caused the host to burst out in a belly-laugh: "Multiple In-laws!" http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spot

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was on The Kevin and Bean Show on KROQ 106.7 FM, in Pasadena, California, serving the Los Angeles area.  The show's namesake-hosts are Kevin Ryder and Gene "Bean" Baxter.  As the "Kevin" was not at the interview, the episode was hosted by "Bean," along with two additional co-hosts, Ralph Garman and Lisa May.  While keeping it fun and entertaining, all three of the co-hosts were respectful, remained friendly, and asked important questions.  This provided a good opportunity to educate an audience about the differences between Christian Polygamy and Mormon Polygamy, as well as the overall movement for UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalpolygamyadvocate/support

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was on The Ed Tyll Show, syndicated on the Starcom Radio Network, for the weekend edition on Saturday, June 15, 2013. This was the second of two interviews on this show that week, as the US Supreme Court was preparing up to hand down its decision about same sex marriage in both cases of Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor.  For this weekend audience, Mark Henkel once again explained that, if the Supreme Court accepts and sets the precedent that laws may not be based on "animous based stereotypes" as were then-being argued in the Hollingsworth case, it would equally apply to anti-polygamy laws which are even more "animous based" than laws against same sex marriage.  (HISTORY NOTE: Later, on June 26, 2013, the US Supreme Court instead refused the Hollingsworth case, vacating the lower decision, solely based on a technicality of "legal standing" and not on the merits of anything argued.)  Closing out the interview, the host declared to his a

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed on The Michael Baisden Show, on March 9, 2006, nationally sydnicated on the ABC Radio Network.  The highly entertaining host is billed as "The Bad Boy of Radio" who always would say to his callers (and they would say back to him), "Everything is everything!"  In this episode, the host set up the show to ask, "Is there a better, less stressful, and more responsible way to conduct our relationships?  Can polygamy exist in America today?"  As a better solution to "lying, cheating, and creeping" of being forced into monogamy, this was an entertaining way to discuss the honesty, responsibility, and issues of UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy. http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalpolygamyadvocate/support

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed for The Standard-Examiner by Nancy Van Valkenburg, in Ogden, Utah, on March 2, 2006, for an article about the then-new fictional TV series, "Big Love" on HBO.  As she was reporting from what Mark Henkel identifed as "the Mormonland Bubble" of Utah/Arizona, he educated her about different forms of UCAP, Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy.  This interview provided the reporter with a comprehensive explanation of how Mormon Polygamy is not Christian Polygamy and the differences there between.  Despite all this education, the newspaper decided to take took a negative position and did not even mention within the article any of that which the reporter had learned, instead continuing false stereotypes. http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalpolygamyadvocate/support

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by Jennifer Dahl for KUTV 2, a CBS-TV affiliate, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 24, 2006.  This was a non-aired research-interview about polygamy beyond the Mormon polygamy paradigm.  Coming on the heels of the then-recent hostile mis-reporting by 2 other corporate media from what Mark Henkel called "The Mormonland Bubble" of Utah/Arizona, the interview began with Mark Henkel being rather strongly assertive about not being mis-represented.  Jennifer Dahl seemed to quickly understand how such a strong posture demonstrated a valid "pathos" that anyone would normally have when so mis-represented. She rightly made clear that she was not with those other organizations. Upon learning through the interview, not only did Jennifer Dahl thereafter demonstrate that she was indeed learning the differentation of various forms of polygamy, she even positively and professionally acknowledged the actual positions being explained. Thereby turning the i

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed on The Thom Hartmann Program, by Thom Hartmann himself, nationally syndicated radio and TV show, on December 30, 2013.  This was Mark Henkel's second interview on the show, having given an interview 6 months previously too.  Even though Mark Henkel, in the previous interview, had already disproved the host's erring fallacy of trying to say that what a cult did with "Lost Boys" is something mainstream America would do, the politically-liberal/progressive host still started off the second interview with that exact same insulting premise.  When the host claimed "I have polyamorous friends" while still coming against polygamy, Mark Henkel made the comparison of that being "polygaphobia" as identical to when people saying others are having "homophobia" when they use the "I have a friend like that" self-justificaiton of their bigotry.  At the end, the host, speaking alone, pretended to "not understand," despite the fact that he knowingly s