"It doesn't mean that abuse and neglect has not occurred.".
That sentence certainly leaves the door open for more harassment. I guess CPS just sits and waits for another anonymous call.

I'd say it leaves the door open for prosecution if crimes have occurred. At this point, I'd also say that it's pretty clear crimes *did* occur, and I don't mean the "crime" of living polygamously. IMHO that never should have been a crime in the first place.

But forced marriages, especially of underage girls, are a crime. So is sex with girls under the age of consent. Warren Jeffs has been convicted of one act that involved both of these things. There is considerable evidence in the public record that other FLDS members have also been involved in underage marriages.

Under those circumstances, I think it's ridiculous, and more than a bit disingenuous, for you to keep chanting "persecution". At this point it looks like PROsecution, not persecution, to me.

"It doesn't mean that abuse and neglect has not occurred."

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Of course it doesn't. Anyone who watched this knows that CPS abused these children, and their mothers. They promised an investigation, but they never did. The state said they were investigating Rozita, but they never did. What a farce! They let all the real criminals get away.

re sakeneko: I do not believe that I have ever used the word persecution but hey, if the word fits.......
I just believe that the bending and outright violation of the law by government to get what looks like a few religious zealots does more harm to the constitution than the ends that will result from the raid.
Jeffs has been neutralized and is no harm to anyone and ole Merrill hit the road. We now sit here saving children two years after the last "spiritual marraige" of girls that may or may not have consumated marraiges to their respective "husbands".
When the State of Texas screams about underage marraige after it changed the laws for marraige to target the flds it is more that hypocritical.

I am amazed that people can actually talk like they know all about it when they don't even know; they are just reacting to rumor and the media craze. I know these people you speak so loosely about, and I can speak the truth about them because I know the truth. You are treading on dangerous ground when you join the "do gooders" against these innocent people. One of these days you are going to fall into the pit you have dug for them. Warren Jeffs is not the criminal you think he is. If you only knew the truth you would not speak so disrespectfully. One day your words will haunt you. He will always forgive you, but there is a greater power that will end the PERsecution sooner than you think. Just an observation from someone who really knows.