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(1) an agreement to be married; (2) cohabitation in Texas; and (3) representation to others that the parties are married
BS. The mothers know.
**When they refused to cooperate with CPS regarding something as simple as names and birth dates.**
The CPS wanted that info to bring charges against them. One is not required to testify against oneself... or one's spouse.
"The FLDS are not committing religious adultery but only legal adultery. According to their religious beliefs they are spiritually married therefore are exempt from adultery."
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WOW - Another Koolaide drinker. Talk about goofy - Kook - uneducated....
Although, come to think of it, Utahns have gotten away with it so long, it does seem to be the State Sport.
But in Texas, Bigamy, Polygamy, Child Molestation, all of these are felonies.
Which brings up a good question... Why would Uncle Warren invest $gazillions (AKA the Arizona -Utah Welfare Bleed nest egg) in a state with such crazy people as those pesky Texans..?
Why, OHH LORD, Why? Did God do this so he might be spited?
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Enquiring minds want to know... !
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Frankly, I am wary of former FLDS getting involved because I am doubtful how far the 'former' goes, and, suspect they still have some of the same problems - not recognizing girls and women as autonomous, racism, superstitions about vaccinations, the color red, education beyond junior high, etc. - that they did when they were FLDS.
Their own attorney admits that there were underage marriages at the ranch, but dismisses them as not being that big of a problem.
I guess it would only be a big deal to him if it had happened to his daughter.
Make no mistake, the FLDS had only been in Texas for a short time; they were just getting started. It's a good thing that Texas rescued the kids before more of them could be abused.
Dr. Fischer is doing a good thing providing a safety net for the boys who have been tossed aside to keep the boy-to-girl ration in line with Warren Jeffs' master plan.
As for me, I am not uneducated but hold a master's degree even if you don't like my opinion and attempt strawman arguments to distract from the real issue at hand, namely that Texas acted egregiously to a large group of people because of religious bias.
Why did Jeffs pick Texas? Perhaps he actually thought Americans in Texas applied the Constitution to all its legal citizens. Clearly he was wrong and parents no longer tuck their children in bed at night. Want to be next?
A reasonable person would conclude that "others" as in "representation to others that the parties are married" would include members of the FLDS community.
The FLDS continue twisting themselves into pretzels trying to prove that they're not breaking the laws that they're breaking -- child abuse, polygamy, welfare fraud.
Multiple "spiritual marriages" = multiple "common law" marriages = polygamy.
Which is precisely why the FLDS refused to identify the parents of each of the children.
Now they're stuck between a rock and a hard place; they need identify whose children are whose, and in so doing, they'll be giving evidence of who is responsible for the child abuse resulting from underage marriages; and who is practicing polygamy.
Quite a mess Warren Jeffs has gotten them into.
There has been NO suggestion that ANY daughter has given birth to her father's child. CPS does not even make such a claim. That is libel. There is no evidence of physical abuse. In fact, the rate of broken bones among FLDS children is LOWER than the average population and certainly lower than in my own house which is currently at 40%. I hate gymnastics, but my daughter loves it broken bones and all.
Even if you are abused, which is unfortunate and I honestly wish you received better, let us keep perspective. You did not profess to be FLDS, so clearly this further shows that ALL homes may contain abuse and that you do not target people based on belief but on evidence.
You think TX is nuts..? OK, I would like to see how you wrapped your brain around that one.
Lessee- Warren gets life in Prison, his favorite peoples children are farmed out to safer homes, and his Temple is a Ghost Ship in the bush.
Wouldnt you agree that Warren is the nut case here?
He certainly is the captain of the poor ship FLDS, which is shipwrecked in TX.
Texas, THANK GOD, is not going to allow the continuing child molestation that UT and AZ have.
I guess its not the FLDS, nor the LDS, brightest day.
Especially when those crickets quit chirping and they find out the DNA tells some very telling tales and the prison cells start filling up.
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The FLDS won't be able to hide behind their religious beliefs in breaking the law much longer. They've done a good job of researching all of the laws against polygamy and child abuse, and seem to have all the answers on how to do both without getting caught.
Their house of cards is about to come crashing down and now that they're powerless to stop it, they're mounting a massive PR campaign to try to get the public to believe that this is simply religious persecution.
The LDS are no more responsible for the FLDS than the Catholics or Baptists are. The handful of men who started the FLDS church were excommunicated from the LDS church a century ago and the FLDS beliefs and practices are strictly their own.
And, Utah and Arizona have been prosecuting child abuse which is why Warren Jeffs has already been convicted in Utah and is facing additional charges in Arizona. Much of the information that Texas officials have about the FLDS members was provided to Texas by Utah and Arizona officials.
Get over yourself Tex, the FLDS fled to Texas because of the legal heat they were getting in Utah and Arizona.
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It's been interesting watching the FLDS propaganda machine revv up. Their messages here for instance have gone from outlandishly outta touch and foolish to outlandishly outta touch and foolish if you know what I mean. Seriously though, the PR campaign is relentless -- they obviously think they can create another Short Creek. They can't. Let the cards crash ...
If CPS had a charge that they could file, without manufacturing one, they already would have. They are grasping for straws.
I'm not FLDS, never even thought about it really, but certainly have new-found respect for these people.
Weak strawman.
The house of cards that Uncle Warren built is about to collapse. Eventually, some brave ex-FLDS father who has been forced to "repent from a distance" is going to sue the FLDS for illegally stealing his family.
It's only a matter of time before the code of silence is broken and the FLDS people decide to throw off this yoke of bondage.
All of the incest, the polygamy, the child abuse (both girls and boys), the welfare fraud, the false imprisonment, will all be exposed -- by FLDS who finally become disgusted with all of the lies they've been fed their whole life.
Much of the other points you made have already been proven false and acknowledged by the state of TEXAS itself. There is NO welfare fraud among the TX FLDS since NONE receive welfare. There are NO cases of child abuse and actually the FLDS have LOWER rates of broken bones than that of the average population. While incest may be occurring, you punish the individuals and not the ENTIRE community. But be aware that incest laws have been historically fluid and not as inelastic as you are wont to believe. You might also want to check incest laws based on state. The only false imprisonment seems to be at the hands of the CPS. It seems that nobody has "bolted" from the FLDS. While 6 women orginally went to a "safe house" they immediately left.
Not FLDS and thankfully agnostic in Atlant.
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"Underage" Marriages seemed to be OK with Texas before 2005 when they changed the law from 14 to 16 years old.
It amazes me that the FLDS are ranting and raving on this site that Texas has done the unthinkable by taking away their children, when in fact that is exactly what Uncle Warren has been doing for years in Colorado City by funneling their young women to British Columbia and Texas. And by exiling the fathers of families to repent from afar.
Lastly, WHERE IS THE ACTING FLDS PROPHET, MERRIL JESSOP HIDING AT???? AND WHY HASN'T HE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO DENY ANY OF THESE CHARGES?
There is nothing to suggest that any of the FLDS marriages were "forced." To state so without evidence is libel.
Geez, do you people not know any attorneys? Much is simple law.
I know what you mean. I tell my kids to not talk to strangers either. Especially "aloud."
do not matter. Who cares about them? Wait, isn't
that the prevailing view of American Family Court, unless of course there is child support to pay.
Nothing to suggest? ... whew. These FLDSers are really more deluded than I thought.
Go ahead a sue for libel ...
Don't you think?
I mean I could go and say oh that child is mine, give it to me. Or you could go up to my child and say, oh that child is mine.
How do you propose to give which child to whom?
CPS problems Women age 22 - 28, with drivers licenses and birth certificates verifying such, listed as 15. Broken bones at a lower rate than average and on.
You also write about DNA testing. To prove parenting, you only need 1 parent. Here in Georgia lots of women raise their children without benefit of any male in the home, with some having no knowledge of paternity. So testing paternity, while salacious, is not necessary. As I have repeated over and over again, standard application of the law not manipulation of the law should be applied. Unless, you willingly submit to the same treatment in your own life. "Get out of the car ma'am. I've decided your license isn't valid."
So stop with the sympathy attempts. We believe you to be hapless sheep following a crazy �prophet�s� directives and caring much more about yourselves than you do about your children. Otherwise you wouldn�t choose your religion over your own children, which you do every time you let the �prophet� determine your child�s fate and banish your own children from your lives. And if you really cared about your children, you would give them the tools needed to survive in the real world instead of trying to imprison them in your little group. Ignoring child brides, abuse, etc � you are simply not good parents as you do not let your children become their own person. Texas is being kinder to your children than you could possibly understand.
What you do is take all the mothers and all the children back to their ranch in buses (Baptist owned) and let them off. In less than an ten minutes time the mothers will find their children. End of story.
Their construction business may be hurting because some of their slave laborers are in state custody.
I also agree with your statement "Texas is being kinder to your children than you could possibly understand". I think that may be part of the problem. Their children may get a glimpse of life outside of the compound.
Check the Bill of Rights to the US Constitution. It is not painful and quit obvious that that document puts freedom of religion above care and keeping of children.
It's also very interesting to note the disconnected flavor of the posts like the one you address. It's almost like from folks outta touch or from: "compounds" writing and not quite "normal" in outlook.
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