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The tragedy of the 'kidnapped bride'

They are required to get counseling, but allowed to just go out and pick someone who rubber-stamps their view? D-U-M-B

The Redd family was completely in the wrong on this one. To keep their daughter from getting married is a travesty and a mockery of the sacredness of temple marriage and the sanctity of the family. How dare they keep their daughter from attaining eternal happiness. Here's to you, Perry and Julianna. You truly earned the companionship you worked hard to have in your lives. May God bless you in your endeavors together as husband and wife, mother and father.

What a sad commentary on family relations. It sounds to me like the parents feel like they are infallible. The only reason they admitted any guilt was to avoid jail time.
The irony of it all is that they think Perry Myers is controlling and manipulative but they see nothing wrong or comparative in their actions. The parents need a thorough mental health review

This is sad. The Myers need to be aware that their children will treat them the way they treated their parents. With children is seems to be so true, what goes around comes around.

These two parents still don't get it. And the 'therapist' is duped as well by their line. Having parents with eerily similar symptoms, I know this will never change. These people are in their own reality. I am familiar with a situation where the parents also blame everyone else for the problem but themselves and act like the children are being ungrateful and disobedient. It is frustrating because you can't tell whether it is a mental illness or just misbehavior. Myers should never get involved with these people again.

As a social worker and a therapist I am shocked that the "family friend" Reese Thomas doesn't see what an ethical breach he is involved with. It is a huge conflict of interest to counsel or engage in therapy with anyone with whom you have had a previous relationship. Pre existing relationships prevent the therapist from being objective (and objectivity can be difficult to begin with). The Redd family is being poorly served by this therapist.

I never quite understood why this man's parents called him "Lemuel". One wonders if the parents actually understood the Book of Mormon. Isn't it a little bit like naming someone "Adolf" or "Osama"?

The Redds called Perry Myers evil, spread lies about him, and now they want to �welcome him into the family�? My advice to Julianna and Perry would be to stay away from her mother if they want their marriage to last. My advice to Lemuel Redd would be to stand up straight, grow a backbone, be a man, and stop hiding in his wife�s shadow.

Sounds like there's some potential for healing here but it will not happen overnight. It would be nice to see this family reconciled.

This was so ludicrous of them to behave this way. My daughter got married 10 years ago. I did not necessarily like the person she picked out to be her husband. He was nothing like I had imagined or even wanted for my daughter. I've learned to appreciate him; he is still far from what I wanted for her. But he is good to her and good to their children. What more would any parent want. Sometimes children make choices that we as parents do not want them to do. But sometimes, just sometimes, things work out better from their choice than from ours.

i hope her husband truly loves her, shes fighting a battle against her family, i hope hes worth it. how sad it had to come to this, but i admire her courage to stand up for her rights, my best to the bride. it also goes toshow you that a parent will do anything to protect their kids. the bride will understand this when she herself becomes a mom

Patents do not always know best. Good to see her live her life like she wants to

All need to forgive and forget...Carry On!

A little advice for Julianna----Stop talking to the press. The quicker you stop doing interviews and allowing the media into your life the faster the healing proccess will be able to start.

Now I'm not saying that what the parents did was right, but what if it turns out their instincts about Perry were right? It would be interesting to follow this marriage and see how it ends up. Throughout the whole story we've really only heard the "kidnapped bride's" side of the story. What if it turns out to be a completely different story in a year or two?

Let's hope the story of these "people" will now dissapear forever from the media. "Great" representation of the people of Utah. Thanks Redd Family.

The last comment is so ignorant. Haven't you been watching the story...the only real comments in this article come from the parents...the only commetns made in the last month come from the parents. And the only time I have ever seen the bride talk was after her parents got on making more excusses for themselves, probably fabricating information. As there story changes everytime they speak. The only ones that appear to be seeking the press is the Parents.

To really be able to move on, Julianna and her husband should move from the state. Yes it is fairly easy to track somebody through the internet but if they were to move to the other side of the country, say, then it would be harder for the Redd's to get at them again. I don't believe there has been any change in the parents and I wouldn't trust them to be anywhere near either one of them. I think Julianna and her husband need to get as far away as they can not only to protect themselves but to protect their child.

I may be the only one who disagrees here. i don't justify her parents' actions at all. They did go too far. I understand the bride taking them to court. After all, they broke the law. But reading her comments during and after court, it really doesn't display any sign from her about forgiveness or desiree to heal but actually all about reveange. They pleaded guilty and said sorry, what else is she looking for? We had read in the news about fathers who had lost their wives/kids who had really forgave their loved ones' killers. To heal, dear Juliane, you need to forgive first because it's required to us to forgive all. Just remember, you are your mother's daughter and chances are, you can be the same way as your mother. Forgiveness is the key.

I actually got to know Perry a couple years back and I can agree with his wifes comment that he is strong willed. In fact I'm not his biggest fan. Yet in general he's a good guy, if he had married my daughter I may not have liked it but I wouldnt be afraid of him being a bad husband.