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Tally of FLDS children jumps from 416 to 437
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Just watch this "30 days" turn into 3 months . . . .
Keep the wheels of justice moving and let us see where they lead.
These kids are in a lot of trouble.
Freedom of Religion, out the door, Search and Seizure, out the door, Right to Jury, out the door, Right not to incriminate self, out the door, cruel and UNUSUAL punishment, out the door.
This judge better be disbarred and imprisoned under statutes of treason.
As far as number of spoons and plates, hygiene dictates , that when a person goes through the food line a second time they are given a fresh plate. They may also opt for new silverware. Or would you suggest they only be permitted one trip to the food line? Since many seem so very thin, I think they be allowed to eat until they feel full, even if that translates to 3 plates.
Keep up the good work, Texas!!
It could be that they've given so much false and misleading information that they've demonstrated that they're not trustworthy.
When someone is trammeling on ones rights, one need not cooperate.
Texas "has the guts" to violate the US Constitution. That's rich.
It will be interesting to see what the DNA folks can do with all these samples from all closely related people that are admittedly rather inbred. I think it will be a little tougher than they are thinking. Of course I don't see any reason to trust them to be honest or competent either one so maybe it won't be interesting at all.
Someone at the door of each bus as detainees boarded, and again as they got off at the detainment facility, could have provided a double-checked body count. Sorting bodies into moms and kids might take a little more work, but the overall count should have been known from the start.
It's all academic, though. Nursing babies, according to Texas, are in "imminent danger" of physical or sexual abuse. That's why they have to be ripped from their mothers' bosoms and placed with new "moms."
The fix is in. The kids' fate has already been determined; parents' custody will be terminated, and they will be permanently placed elsewhere. Texas is just going through the motions -- while fishing for grounds to prosecute the parents -- to provide a fig-leaf of technical "legality" for its predetermined, evidence-free conclusion.
Remember, Evangelicals have been "brainwashed" to believe that Mormons are a cult. This despite the fact that LDS, FLDS, Catholics, and probably most of the other groups they label "cults" and persecute do everything the Evangelicals say you need to do to be saved.
Though CPS and the judge say this isn't about religion, when you take away infants because of a "system of belief" it is about religion. The Evangelicals are either lying about their intentions, or are so ingrained in the anti-Mormon brainwashing of their churches that they are in denial of their own bigotry. Jim Crow Justice.
I hope they get the DNA from all the FLDS men who are the biggest problem. I'm surprised how many of FLDS post on these blogs with all their propaganda.
The FLDS men do a lot of wife stealing and swapping to some degree, so some of these woman may have children by different men. What a truly big mess!
Here is View Three: While the parents may have abused underage girls by marrying them off into polygamist households, that is all the more reason to uphold their basic rights. Because when we abrogate rights for others based on our certainty of guilt or our outrage at the supposed crime, we open the door to losing our own rights.
And what rights could we lose if the FLDS parents lose theirs?
Rights to be considered innocent until proven guilty; practice our religion; receive due process if accused of a crime; speak freely; have, in the absence of imminent danger, control over our children unless abuse or neglect is proven; freedom from unreasonable searches; and habeas corpus (relief from unlawful detention).
There arguably is evidence that Texas Protective Services, law enforcement, and the local court have mishandled each and every one of these rights.
The DNA and other exams will help show the real age of these young mothers.
If parents lie to CPS to protect themselves, CPS can only assume that they as parents are NOT looking out for the best interests of the children only their own best interests.
Would you prefer that all the infants, toddlers, and young male children be returned to drink the Kool-Aid? What do you think the mother meant when she said, they (not she) could not have lived one more day if they had known what would happen?
Oh and to the UT AZ bashers...the FLDS leader is in jail because he was convicted of Rape as an accomplice for the forced marriage and resulting sex of a 14 year old girl. The "best" FLDS faithful went to Texas to escape the rules in UT and AZ. The information Texas has would be incomplete without the help of other states.
Also, did the CPS do a background check on all their volunteers? I think the children might be in more danger now then they ever were before. Foster care is not the answer, more abuse there than at the YFZ ranch, just look at the statistics.
Punish the offenders; not the victims. What a debacle this is. Where is the Governor (what is his name - Boggs)?
This is such a classic example of CPS out of control and it puts all families in danger when they are allowed free reign without regard to rights. I do not defend breaking laws. Underage marriage is (punish those). But, the roundup is like World War II disasters including Nazi Germany and "Relocation Camps" for the Japanese Americans.
Warning to all parents if Government doesn't begin to better oversee CPS - if you are approached by CPS, lock the door.
If you choose to ignore 99% of the events of this case, yeah, you could come to that conclusion.
Kinda like believing Watergate was based "solely on an anonymous tip."
The quote 'Texas had the guts to do what AZ and UT did not.' is galling in both it's ignorance and expossed hatred. Maybe Texas will also have the 'guts' to tattoo numbers on the arms of each of the kids and mothers - makes keeping track of the people and family relationships a lot easier. Maybe forcing them to sew little red circles on their clothes would make identifying them easier also. Both methods worked well for the Nazis.
This Judge should meet him!!!
This is like a PR move, we claim we can't count because of them giving different birthdays. Well if you think about it their original number would have been bloated, not the new numbers. Same women would have giving multiple birth dates, so you would counted her twice. Counts would have gone down after they figured that this women was just one person instead of two. These Texas CPS people sure don't seem to be telling the truth.
If the parents are willing co-conspirators in abrogating the basic rights of their children, doesn't the state have an obligation to step in to protect those rights?
How do you prove neglect and abuse without a full investigation?
Counting them? How about you count the feet and divide by 2?
These are individual American people, with individual inalienable rights. Hearding them through an overworked underpaid judge who is trying to deal with these individuals on a wholesale basis is just wrong.
Watch this. There is no way for this to turn out positively. And in 10 years we will all look back and be able to say, "Why didn't they see that?" or "How could this have happened in the United States in this day and age."
Are all religions safe from the law? The bible states that it's proper to stone a person to death for working on Sunday.
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