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Yet, elsewhere I have seen written indications that there is good reason to believe the call was a hoax.
I got a chuckle out of the FLDS men on TV today who basically said they didn't know sex with minors was illegal.
1) out of over 400 kids, mostly girls, I can imagine that dozens share common names ie, Rebekah, Sarah, Mary, Rachel. And so many claim same mothers. If the state wants to do their best to REUNITE the children with their mothers, they must know WHO the mother really is to each child.
2) To prove underage sex abuse. Hypothetically speaking, Say there are 11 "sister wives" who are married to the same man. These wives are ranging in age from 49 to 19. And amongst them, there are 36 children of all ages who claim that all 11 mothers are simply "mother". However, the DNA test can prove beyond any doubt that (for example) the 7 year old child is actually the child of the youngest 19 year old mother. Thereby proving she was pregnant when she was 14. This will also prove who the daddy is...in other words....who needs to be charged with statutory rape.
Just my thoughts.
If they lived within the laws(not hiding behind freedom of religion) and shunned the outside world, none of this would have happened. Gee, being secretive? Sounds like you have something to hide. Seems like the polygamists who live in regular society do just fine.
I have no problem with someone practicing polygamy(as long as they are consenting adults and can pay for it).
Most of these kids aren't even documented with SS cards or birth certificates. We don't even know who their real parents are. They could be in Canada, Utah, or Arizona.
These girls have no choices in life. They don't even know their options, really. They are told to "keep sweet", obey their master, or face the concequences.
This cult needs to be done away with. I hope most of you have read up on this cult, it will open your eyes.
Since no one in this group will give a straight answer DNA testing needs to be done.
As the women give interviews they will betray themsleves for what they really are. Letting your child be married at 14 and letting the leaders kick the boys out to reduce the competition is not heaven on earth as one woman proclaimed there compound to be.
Fences and manned towers is a description of a prison not heaven on earth.
I don't know the FLDS, so I cannot say whether abuse is a part of their culture or not. But I know of no community in the world where there is not at least some abuse by a few. But they need to make the case in court.
As for Caroline Jessop, I don't know her or the FLDS to be calling anyone a liar, but always consider that she wrote a book and sold it to make money. Being reclusive as the FLDS are leads to people being able to make any claims they want uncontested about them.
Why on Earth is it not? The public hearing was last week. That government apparently can take children away without full explanation is disturbing. If CPS has evidence they should place it in full view of the public. If they don't they should end this farce now. They remember where the compound is, load the buses up and send the kids home.
For one thing, I suspect it will indicate one big genetic soup of interbreeding. For another, the reports of 6yos removed from their parents in other polygamous compounds and placed on the YfZ won't have their parents providing samples. Then there are the Canadians whose parents are beyond legal jurisdiction.
I can see that this is a necessary step but I doubt it will be a very conclusive one.
Meanwhile, will they add harboring illegal aliens to the list of laws that were shattered by the people of the YfZ?
I'm appalled at the cruel and judgmental attitudes of so many. Again I say that much of what you accuse them of isn't based on proof, but on vicious hearsay.
Can someone tell me why nursing babies should be taken? No abuse has been proven. Are they really at risk of being brainwashed or married during the next few months? Or is it a greater risk that irrepairable harm that will be done to them by taking them from their mothers at this point?
I want to know the truth before passing judgment.
It's all just so wrong. I'm praying that someone will step forward and help these children in the way that is really best for them.