Lots of wives...hell no Annamill :)...that practice stopped a long time ago. There are a few weirdos up in the hills of Utah that still do that sort of thing...but they are NOT members of the church though they may call themselves Mormon. Anyone who does practice polygamy nowadays is excommunicated. PLEASE I beg you do not start into the polygamy thing...it's another subject I've heard discussed to death.

No women at this point in time hold the priesthood within the Church and this is our current prophet's statement on this subject

http://www.mormon.org/question/faq/category/answer/0,9777,1601-1-63-1,00.html.

as well as this about the role of women in the Church

http://www.mormon.org/learn/0,8672,1588-1,00.html

There are two categories of the priesthood within the church...the Aaronic Priesthood and the Melchezedick (sorry not sure if I spelled that right) Priesthood. Basically both give the authority to perform priesthood ordinances (a blessing for comfort, a blessing for healing, a father's blessing, christenings that sort of thing)

Now...(forewarning...this is just my personal thoughts on the matter it is by no means doctrine set in stone) I have no problem with this and I don't believe it to be an example of women being subjugated under the fist of men or anything. I also believe that it is not God saying " You'll never be allowed to hold the priesthood, frailer sex, so get back in the kitchen where you belong nyeah " There were prophetesses and priestesses in Biblical times and if God sees fit to grant women a priestesshood of their own then he'll ruddy well organize it on his own terms and in an acceptable time. Meantime I ain't hurting because I don't hold the priesthood. I know God will answers my prayers just as readily as he heeds the words of a priesthood blessing because the prayers of women and the priesthood of men are designed to work together. You will note that in many cultures there are powers and forces associated with both the male and female that are exclusive to those genders. That is the way I see the priesthood that is upon this earth at this time. Men hold it because it is a power that works through them but it also benefits both male and female.

We have a women's organization within the church called the Relief Society which I believe (I will have to check this to be sure) is supposed to be one of the oldest women's organizations in the United States if not the world. There is a great emphasis in the church on the importance of motherhood and family. Many LDS women when they are married opt to be stay at home moms and raise a dozen kids or more. These are individual choices made (ideally) after much pondering and praying between husband and wife. Finances and faith doubtless go hand in hand with such decisions. Women who work outside the home to support their families are not looked down upon.

Eagle Wing...that's individual artistic interpretation. From an artist's point of view I personally believe Jesus Christ while he was on this earth looked pretty much like anybody else from that area at the time. The Bible itself states he didn't stand out in a crowd. Now...what he looked like after he was resurrected? Shoot...I don't know. I wasn't around to see him :) But yeah...again this is just one mormon's opinion.

(BTW Rapaire I did get your PM I've been busy I'll try to answer back soon as I can)