The mormon practice of polygamy categorized them as a ___ before they

They are classified as counterculture. Polygamy was instructed by pioneers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the greater part of the nineteenth century, and honed freely from 1852 to 1890 by in the vicinity of 20 and 30 percent of Latter-day Saint families.

The Latter-day Saints' routine with regards to polygamy has been disputable, both inside Western culture and the LDS Church itself. America was both captivated and frightened by the act of polygamy.