Reader comments
Reid calls polygamous communities a form of 'organized crime'
126 comments | Read story
Get today's headlines via email
Afternoon edition
Deseret News Family Deals
In News
Across Site
- Is technology making us stupid? DECK:...
- Crews searching recycling center in...
- West Valley City leaders to join call...
- Colliding causes: Gay rights and...
- Woman charged in Rasmussen death...
- Photos: Salt Lake Main Library...
- Powells, Coxes put differences aside...
- Amendments to gutted sex education...
- Requests to alter online news...
- Salt Lake City celebrates 2002...
In News
Across Site
- Powells, Coxes put differences aside...
- Colliding causes: Gay rights and...
- View live stream of services for...
- Despite data, Lyme disease sufferers...
- Battling misconceptions: Faced with...
- Father-in-law dragged deeper into...
- LDS bishop ordered to stand trial for...
- Focus returns to Powell children today
- Josh Powell had 'incestuous' images...
- Missing plane found in Morgan County,...
In News
Across Site
- Gay rights and religious liberty
77 - Families at odds over Powell's actions
54 - LDS bishop ordered to stand trial
41 - Utah House blocks Sandstrom bill
39 - Powell call:'I'm afraid for their lives'
33 - Photos: Year of the Dragon
26 - Bill would cut auto safety checks
24 - Should SLC bid again for Olympics?
23 - Utah takes $171M in settlement
19 - Powell told son he had 'surprise'
18







Someone ought to let Brother Reid that the same might be said of his hallowed halls in congress.
I have never been a supporter of Harry Reid, but I really appreciate his efforts on this issue. If he is able to do something to bring these perpetrators to justice, it will justify his being Senate Majority Leader on that basis alone.
Polygamy is illegal, immoral and degrading to women. The children are also victims of being raised in such a sick environment. Tax evasion, welfare fraud, etc. are also serious crimes that should be prosecuted.
Go Harry Reid.
In some counties, it's religiously and legally acceptable to perform an "honor killing" when the family has been shamed, but in the US, it's illegal. In some countries, it's legal to practice polygamy, but not in the US. It almost sounds like their way of life is like the Taliban where the education of women is suppressed, where women are controlled by men, where the children are sheltered so much from the outside world that they don't even know what a crayon is. Something is terribly wrong when a religion must practice anarchy to have religious freedom in its own country.
What about the freedom of their citizens in the religion? Many controlling religious fanatics hide their crime under the guise of "religious freedom". Religious freedom is acceptable as long as it doesn't suppress the individual freedoms of others, and that includes women and children.
I agree with the law enforcement and Harry Reid. It's a racket and must be stopped. Hiding crime under the guise of religious freedom is not what our forefathers meant when they wrote the constitution.
Polygamy may be important to you, but it is not more important than all else. If you insist on doing strange things in the name of polygamy, you will continue to invite outside interference.
Reid says it's a form of 'oganized crime'?
Was he talking about congress or polygamy groups?
get my drift