LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley denounced polygamy, fatherless families and the actions of President Clinton Tuesday in an hourlong interview on CNN.

The interview with Larry King drifted from questions about missionary work and tithing to Mark McGwire's record-breaking 62 home runs. President Hinckley was at ease and pleasant, but he spoke emphatically about morality and the nation. He also reiterated that polygamy now practiced in Utah is in no way associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which stopped the practice in 1890.

"When our people came West they permitted it, on a restricted scale. The figure I have is between 2 percent and 5 percent of our people were involved in it. It was a very limited practice, carefully safeguarded."

In 1890, President Wilford Woodruff received revelation and directed the church to cease the practice.

That was 108 years ago. "It's behind us," President Hinckley said. "They have no connection with us whatever. They do not belong to the church. There are actually no Mormon fundamentalists."

President Hinckley said he condemns the practice and leaves it in the hands of state officers.

"I condemn it, yes, as a practice. Because it is not doctrinal. It is not legal and this church takes the position that we will abide by the law."