>> what country do you think hosts the garden of eden? >> reporter: on the fox affiliate in memphis. >> did you know it's in america? >> reporter: you got a lot more reaction to this than you bargained for. >> yeah, it was a pretty darn big attack on my career. >> reporter: for the record, in the 19th century brigham young did preach that the garden of eden was in jackson county, missouri. >> you can't reduce the fourth largest church in the united states to a sound bite or a bumper sticker. >> repororr: in the upcoming campaign people may try to do just that. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> in the light of day any religion if you get right down to it always looks a little wacky. you know? when you get down to the details. >> and this one comes under a lot of scrutiny. here are some of the facts, clear some things up. polygamy was actually banned in the late 19th century and is only practiced these days by a handful of extremists that don't have any ties to the church of latter-day saints. that's something to keep in mind as this plays out in the presidential election and so forth the next couple of months.