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POPSBond limit eased on 4 FLDS Members The state took more than 400 sect children into custody in the early April raid on suspicion of widespread sexual abuse and forced marriage. Appellate courts forced the return of the children to their parents, but civil and criminal investigations are ongoing.
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POPSBook|Susana Barlow's blog A belief is an idea or a concept of the mind that one holds to for various reasons while faith on the other hand, is entirely outside the boundaries of the mind.
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POPSTexas Appellant Court ruling appalling
In the world of the FLDS, "spiritual marriage" between older men and underage girls — what the law defines as rape — is given the stamp of religious approval. Of 53 girls believed to be between 14 and 17, more than 30 have children or are pregnant, including one who gave birth to her second child in custody. Among the boys, too, there is suspicion of widespread physical abuse. Indeed, many teenage boys are routinely banished to preserve the odds of polygamy. Nevertheless, what do we make of an entire sect that has sexual abuse at its very heart? That believes plural "marriages" between older men and underage women are not an aberration but a pathway to heaven? Nobody can prosecute the FLDS for what they believe, says Marci Hamilton, author of God vs. the Gavel. "They can stay together and believe what they want into eternity. What they can't do is illegal action." In the end, what we have on that ranch in Eldorado is not a lifestyle. It's a pedophile ring.
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POPSWarren Jeffs and the FLDS Some excerpts from Carolyn Jessop's FLDS memoir... While obviously extreme, this is why people shouldn't foist ANY religion on children. Let them decide truth for themselves...
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POPS "Prophet" Jeffs Attempted Suicide? Polygamous-sect leader tried to hang himself in jail in January, eight months before a jury convicted him of rape as an accomplice, according to documents released Tuesday. The disclosure was in an evaluation by mental-health expert Eric Nielsen, who examined Warren Jeffs in April and found him depressed but fit for trial.
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POPSPolygamy and Forced Sex in the Name of God This case highlights what it's like to be a girl imprisoned in the FLDS world. Have no tolerance for a community, even a religious one, that so estranges its young from shared values, including liberty. Ellen Goodman, Washington Post Writers Group. Posted September 24, 2007. _______________________________________ ↗Marriage Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico _______________________________________ ↗Biblical Polygamy . com
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POPS"PROPHET" JEFFS GUILTY He also said that even if Jeffs comes before the parole board, it will be a long time before he's released. "I would be quite surprised if Jeffs ever got out," he said.
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POPSFundamentalist Mormons and Polygamy I lived in the FLDS Mormon fundamentalist compound in Bountiful, British Columbia when I was five/six years old. It was a truly bizarre and nightmarish experience.
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