Five Wives Vodka offensive to Idaho residents

Five Wives Vodka was named in bad taste and won't be stocked or special ordered at stores operated by the state of Idaho, regulators said.

The middle-shelf vodka is made by Ogden's Own Distillery in Utah, where the Mormon church is based. Its label carries the name and an image of five women, an apparent reference to polygamy, a practice abandoned by the church more than a century ago.

Idaho State Liquor Division administrator Jeff Anderson said the brand is offensive to Mormons who make up over a quarter of Idaho's population.

Regulators in Idaho notified Elite Spirits Distributor that the brand's concept is "offensive to a prominent segment of our population and will not be carried," according to a letter sent Thursday.

"The bottom line is, we represent everybody," Anderson added Tuesday. "It's masterful marketing on their part. But it doesn't play here."

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http://www.divinenewsnetwork.com Min. Thomas Allen

lol offensive to Mormons? what are they doing in a liquor store in the first place?
Eric

This is beyond ridiculous. The stuff INSIDE the bottle is also offensive to Mormons, so why should the state even care about what the label says or looks like? Total PC nonsense.
petroskhan1262

First off, who cares what Mormons find offensive, anyway?

Second, and more importantly…I think they just proved that they need that vodka more than anyone.
- Evermyrtle
  
  I do not know a Mormon but I know a lot of people who love their little "shot" that turns into a lot of "shots" to the point of loosing conscience, and having to "sleep it off."
  - petroskhan1262
    
    I've known a few mormons. On the topic of religion, the description would be more accurate if you simply shortened the word, by removing the second "m".
    - Esteban Cafe
      
      Sir, I know 2 Mormon families in my district. They are fine examples of Christian living. That we may disagree with them on doctrinal points does not remove the Lord's admonition that "by their fruits ye shall know them." I think sometimes that we assume more knowledge than we have and with it condemn others…and in the process likely condemn ourselves. It is our job to prepare to meet God — we can be assured it's a personal meeting.
      
      I assume Mormons to be the same in the US and everywhere else. And while I'm sure we ALL know Evangelicals we are disappointed in, so too, there must be Mormons in the same catagory. Still, if I had a vote in the US I would take your Mr. Romney over Mr. Obama…or even a Born Again like Mr. Jimmy Carter. I would be careful of exercising poor judgement.
      - petroskhan1262
        
        "They are fine examples of Christian living." Look, I'm not saying that they sacrifice babies on their front lawn, or go around burning neighborhoods.
        
        But look at what their doctrine states, and you will find something that they don't show on the surface. In the forward to the Book of Mormon, it states that their stance is that that book is more accurate than the Bible, and a better source of information. Their doctrine also states that God was once a man, who "ascended". They believe that they will someday be equal to God, each with a world of his own to rule, as God rules this one.
        
        This sort of delusional blasphemy I find intolerable, and evil. And those who follow this nonsense are just as responsible. "By their fruits you shall know them", indeed. The "fruit" we're talking about here is the spreading of blasphemous lies regarding our Creator, teaching as doctrine the babblings of a con man, and leading people away from the Bible, and to a collection of garbage that insults God.
Winston

Mormons still hiding their sins from the public, but NOT from the one TRUE ALMIGHTY GOD!
- Evermyrtle
  
  As well as, the Methodist, the Baptist, the Pentecostals and each and every person who think we are Christians as well as those of us, who know we are Christian. We do not like our "sins" to be published. Have you notices that here are few Mormons on these sites, cutting others down? No, I am not a Mormon, do not even know one, but I am a child of GOD and try to make a difference in HIS favor.
  - Winston
    
    @self-righteous Evermyrtle: Since when is stating a fact "cutting others down". Not stating truths is an act of cowardice and corrupts humankind. God tells it like it is and we are to follow His Word are we not?
Johnny

What about Mormons in Utah? I have not noticed anything about the residents of Utah (or the alcohol control people) being upset about the production of this vodka in Utah. There was a little unrest a few years ago when one of the local breweries began producing a beer they named "Polygamy Porter"–and it is still being sold.
daves

Matthew 25

25:1 "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins
who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

25:2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

25:3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,

25:4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

25:5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

25:6 And at midnight a cry was heard:
'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'
Wordman

I wonder what Liquor Division administrator Jeff Anderson's religious affiliations might be? BTW, OFFICIALLY the LDS renounced polygamy when the LDS President had a new "revelation" right after the U.S. govt made it a requirement for Utah statehood.) but the practice lived on among many Mormons. We've seen older, semi-duplex type homes built for two wives here Mormon dominated south-east AZ. And polygamy lives on still among current, Reformed Mormons who are more numerous and outspoken than many think. There are pockets all around Utah. I spoke with a motel operator near Canyon City, Utah who…
- bighoss
  
  Mormons did not ever "renounce" polygamy. The practice was "suspended" but remains an integral element of Mormonism's deranged theology. If this nation's politicians and courts ever make plural marriage legal in the U.S., Mormon doctrine dictates that Mormon men who are able to carry out plural marriage are to do so in order to attain the highest standing within the absurd Mormon three-tiered version of life after death.
Wordman

… regularly sees "'polig' work crews" of young boys in the backs of pick-ups that the polygamous colonies send to raise money (and also, no doubt, to keep them away from the young girls the older men want for their harems!). Once we toss the Biblical definition of marriage, you can count on the polygamists to come out of the shadows. Your neighbors on one side will be happily "married" Harold and Fred Smith with their three state-sanctioned, adopted boys (who are VERY intersted in your spending time with your boys!), and across the street you'll have Gary Jones and his four (and counting) wives. Welcome to Obama's "fundamentally changed" America.
keyboardshark

Discovering too late that a watermelon spiked with vodka had accidentally been served to a luncheon meeting of local ministers, the restaurant's owner waited nervously for the clerics' reaction. "Quick, man," he whispered to the waiter, "what did they say?" "Nothing," replied the waiter. "They were all too busy slipping the seeds into their pockets."
- Wordman
  
  Yeah, American evanglicalism. Can you spell neo-gnostic?
  - Vladimir
    
    Way to go Wordman. You just disrespected about 95% of the posters on this site. Batten down the hatches.
    - Evermyrtle
      
      We all have a chance to meet HIM face to face, one day. You can plan on that event, but even if you don't plan on it, you will get to meet HIM, anyway. We need to get our case prepared, for that time. Actually we are unwittingly prepare for it, all of the days of our accountability.
  - keyboardshark
    
    It was supposed to be a joke, in case you didn't notice. Maybe you'll like the one below better.
keyboardshark

John was sitting outside his local pub one day, enjoying a quiet pint and generally feeling good about himself, when a nun suddenly appears at his table and starts decrying the evils of drink. "You should be ashamed of yourself young man! Drinking is a Sin! Alcohol is the blood of the devil!"

Now John gets pretty annoyed about this, and goes on the offensive. "How do you know this, Sister?" "My Mother Superior told me so." "But have you ever had a drink yourself? How can you be sure that what you are saying is right?"

"Don't be ridiculous–of course I have never taken alcohol myself"
"Then let me buy you a drink – if you still believe afterwards that it is evil I will give up drink for life"

"How could I, a Nun, sit outside this public house drinking?!"

"I'll get the barman to put it in a teacup for you, then no one will ever know." The Nun reluctantly agrees, so John goes inside to the bar. "Another pint for me, and a triple vodka on the rocks", then he lowers his voice and says to the barman "and could you put the vodka in a teacup?"

The barman says, "Oh no! It's not that Nun again is it?"
- petroskhan1262
  
  LOL!!
  
  NICE one! I'll be passing that one along to several friends.
  - keyboardshark
    
    Glad to see there is someone else out there with a sense of humor. I was beginning to wonder…..
    - petroskhan1262
      
      Same here…most people get way too serious.
bighoss

Brigham Young and other Mormons operated whiskey stills during an era of Mormon dominance and control in Utah. Young also had 28 wives. Perhaps, considering these historical facts, a brand named "28 Wives Vodka" would be more in keeping with the history of Mormonism.

Interesting history of Mormons and the production of booze in Utah: http://www.highwest.com/our-story/utahs-distillin…

Excerpt from the link:

"How many distilleries existed in Utah, prior to 1862, cannot be ascertained, though we know there was no scarcity. The revenue collector’s record shows, that between 1862, when the internal revenue system went into effect, and December, 1869, the advent of the railroad and the gentile, there were started in Utah, thirty-seven distilleries, all owned by Mormons and Brigham Young among them. No distillery has been operated in Utah, since 1870. (From “Mormonism and Intoxicants” Theodore Schroeder, Page 421. The American Historical Magazine, Volume 3, January 1908 – November 1908, By Publishing Society of New York, Americana Society)"
David

Let's not take Proverbs 20:1 out of context – that verse talks about over-indulgence, not alcohol (think: when does wine become a mocker and beer a brawler? When you have had too much). Don't like alcohol? Don't drink it! Furthermore, we are called to preach the good news, not play "judge and jury" (see Matthew 7:1). I am not a Mormon but will view them as I will with anyone: an equal human being. It is up to God to play judge, not us.