Officials: 31 of 53 girls from [FLDS] sect ranch have been pregnant (via. Drudge)

Associated Press ^ | April 28, 2008 | Michelle Roberts

[Godzilla]

How many of the boys were pregnant?

Well, we see the polygamy defenders are here.

[Mr. Quarterpanel]

....It’s even worse than I thought......

[Ready4Freddy]

And I'd bet not one of them had an abortion...

Wonder why they didn't examine any girls under 14.

31 of 53 girls from [FLDS] sect ranch have been pregnant

[ZULU]

Let the FLDS defenders defend THIS!!

[ejonesie22]

Yes, but in this case the cult influence creates the environment where it is “acceptable” and protected until exposed. In this case it cannot be entirely separated.

While the courts will prosecute the legal aspects, we as a whole will have to deal with the philosophical ones, the ones where we have allowed a “religion” to cover the most despicable of crimes...

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

How many of the boys were pregnant?

IIRC, there weren't any boys there. The only males were dirty old men.

[SMARTY]

Under 17 is NOT the age of consent. I figured the gov. knew pretty much for certain about this before they acted on warrants to go in there. It was certain to ( and did ) draw national attention and so it should. THOSE men broke the law and I don't care what anyone says.

[ejonesie22]

Bingo...

[jazusamo]

How many of the boys were pregnant?

Without a doubt I can say none.

How many have been raped?

[TheDon]

Annie Leibovitz, the celebrity photographer, has been accused of "manipulating" a 15-year-old pop star into posing semi-naked for Vanity Fair magazine.

Exclusively for Vanity Fair by Annie Liebovitz. The June issue of Vanity Fair hits newstands on May 1st Miley Cyrus, a teen idol and star of the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana, was pictured apparently topless, with a satin bedsheet protecting her modesty.

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But Vanity Fair defended its position, saying: "Miley’s parents and/or minders were on the set all day. Since the photo was taken digitally, they saw it on the shoot and everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley."

We need the Texas CPS out here in California!

[Colofornian]

Gee I wonder how that happened?

George Bush's fault. (You see, Bush is from Texas and has obvious connections...it was the state of Texas' fault for not teaching them proper sexual "literacy" to better hide statutory rape, etc.)

[Politicalmom]

PING!!

FReepmail to be added to the FLDS Eldorado Legal Case Ping List

[bonfire]

I see they are already here.

[TheDon]

Yuck! Maybe the Texas CPS will supply those numbers soon... Ewwwwww!

[mnehring]

Yes, but in this case the cult influence creates the environment where it is “acceptable” and protected until exposed.

Can't argue with that. It also creates a case where people try to obfuscate the issue by discussing the religion instead of the fact it was, under Texas law, aggravated sexual assault.

[theDentist]

‘Course, if they were inner-city girls, the Protective Services group would be jumping thru hoops to make sure children were re-united with mothers, and a home environment were made available.

[infantrywhooah]

Stories eminating from this den of iniquity get more depraved and disgusting with every passing day.

[wolfcreek]

I wouldn't say they were *defending*. More like possessed by an irrational (or not) fear of the Government agencies.

I respect both sides of this argument because I'm a Libra.

[r9etb]

This has nothing to do with their religion or polygamist beliefs.

Hm. I know what you're saying, but I think it's probably not possible to cleanly separate the crime from the religion; nor the law enforcement from looking askance at this particular religion.

I think that pretty much any community based on polygamy is going to be a target of closer scrutiny precisely because the culture is, in many respects, based on breeding new wives for the leaders of the community.

And given that the facts of this case are in line with a pretty well-established pattern, I think they should be scrutinized more closely -- both for the sake of the girls who are being impregnated at very young ages; and for the sake of the boys who are cast out of the community to ensure a "proper" male/female ratio.

[Politicalmom]

“Lower rate of teen pregnancy than the state of Texas” my EYE!!