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Yeah I agree here. Word is that they have indeed recovered young girls pregnant at 13. There's no denying that Jeffs was marrying off young girls to old men, some possibly against their will and all are statutory rape. On the other hand, I sympathize with those who are upset that the government is far more interested in going after religious sects that are plagued by allegations of abuse than they are in making sure that "planned un-parenthood" is investigated and punished for covering up evidence of underage rape. There's no denying that the government is applying a double standard here with religious versus secular forms of rape.

I'm more torn about it than I expected to be. I agree that there are certain abuses going on here that need to be stopped and punished, but the image this gives off of the government raiding the entire group indiscriminately isn't too pleasing either. In the end I think they'll probably uncover enough cases of abuse to warrant such a massive interruption, but right now it's tragic all around.

I'm more torn about it than I expected to be. I agree that there are certain abuses going on here that need to be stopped and punished, but the image this gives off of the government raiding the entire group indiscriminately isn't too pleasing either. In the end I think they'll probably uncover enough cases of abuse to warrant such a massive interruption, but right now it's tragic all around.

I am torn too. Mainly because I understand what it is like to be torn away from a parent and I also understand putting all these children in state custody is not a good outcome for them. Hopefully Texas is better than Washington state, but up here the rate of child abuse in foster care is pretty high, and our CPS are a bunch of complete idiots. Children up here may end up with dozens of different foster parents before they are actually adopted.

Bottom line, those that think all these kids should be torn away and given to the state do not understand what it is like to be torn away from their families or what is in store for these children in the hands of the state. It may be the lesser of two evils, but each kid needs to be looked at individually and the state's wish to take them all at once should not be granted.

I think the sheriff and his posse out there would be quite happy to go to the nearest Planned Parenthood outlet and shoot up the place, but the Supreme Court has said that's against the law at the moment.

You might check into what you can do to rat out the perverts at PP though. Get your hand in.