At least they're finished prevaricating around the bush now...

[Rev Dark]

Blackaeronaut wrote.

*Shruggs* Very different times back then. Near as I can figure, you
were expected to take responsibility for your women, even if you two
suddenly develop a steaming hatred of each others guts (and here the
whole forgiveness and understanding thing comes to play).

The technical term is property.  You own your land, you own your livestock, you own your women.

Also, bear in
mind that back then, the lines were clearly drawn: Woman = stay at
home, take care of the house and raise the children; Man = go, earn your
living, support your wife and children.

That is an incorrect statement; especially in an agriculture dominant area.  All hands are required to work the farm.  I am not sure what sort of argument you are making.

I'd like to find out if this man is a Latter-day Saint. If he is, then
as a fellow Mormon, I'd like to take him to task about free agency, and
remind him that in our religion, Satan's ultimate goal is to simply make
sure that everyone is miserable, and so why in the blue fuck would you
play a role in that?

I see.  Did you send a strongly worded letter to the leadership of the Latter-day Saints when they went to the wall to condemn Proposition 8 in California - citing the arguments above? (which by the way, makes you cool and a better human being than the Quorum of Twelve Apostles )   Did you send that letter in regards in regards to their anti-gay stance in the Boy Scouts of America?
On a purely personal and anecdotal note - when I visited Utah (Provo and Orem) - it had the largest selection of lesbian DVDs I have ever encountered in shopping mall record/video stores (and the most porn I have seen openly sold in any city).  Which I still find amusing to this day - well that and asking if they had a copy of Orgasmo - the greatest Mormon Porn Superhero movie to date.