His point is very telling – he frames his answer first in terms of the civil illegality of people obtaining more than one state-issued marriage license.
Namely, �[Illegal aliens] are not members of this Church
�The Church, of course, has no jurisdiction whatever in this matter,� he says – to wipe his hands of the matter.
Yet – as if realizing the loophole he might have just opened up for members in nations that do not outlaw plural marriages, as well as any who might try to skip state-authorization for a plural union [thus rendering the additional spouse fully legal] – he makes sure to add: