aug 3 2012 151 last summer laura a young woman originally from the suburbs of salt lake city became the first among her siblings to get married this summer she became a mother getting married and having a child can be a heady time for anyone but unlike most young married mothers laura 19 knows that someday soon she could be in for yet another major life change her husband could marry another wife its really hard when you actually fall in love and you love somebody so much to think of sharing them with somebody else laura told 2020 last year but she added god changes peoples hearts you know sometimes there are things you dont think you can do but when god asks you you do it watch the full story on 2020 my ultra modern family now laura belongs to a community of independent fundamentalist mormons that includes her own parents her father joe darger her biological mother alina darger and joe dargers two sister wives vicki and val darger they adhere to the tenet of plural marriage put forth by church founder joseph smith in the 19th century photos the darger familiy last year the darger family which includes a total of 24 children took their polygamist lifestyle public the darger parents penned the book love times three about their unconventional family seeking to fight the negative stereotypes of polygamous families and hoping that someday laws could be changed that would allow families like theirs to live without fear of prosecution in utah where the dargers live polygamy is a felony punishable by as much as five years in prison read an excerpt of love times three here in the end its not about the bedroom its not about all these outward things people are curious about its just about a family trying to raise responsible children val darger said the darger children meanwhile insist that theyre normal kids and have spoken out in support of their parents watch more from the darger children here but not all of the children have embraced polygamy caleb 21 vicki dargers biological son earlier this year joined the mainstream mormon church the church of latter day saints which disavowed polygamy more than a century ago in a blog post joe darger wrote about the difficulty of having a son who had chosen to pursue a separate faith it saddened my heart to think one of the most sacred and important parts of my lives was not fully connected with my son such is the consequence of choice joe darger wrote i was both happy for him and sad for me choice by its nature means our children will not choose right all the time or certainly will not choose what i think is right yet i believe that is gods plan as well none of us do choose the way we should all the time that is the reason for his grace meanwhile caleb dargers