Posted on 04/18/2008 11:39:55 AM PDT by Jenny Hatch
UPDATE: Friday April 18
The "Sixteen year old girl." A hoax???
I am SPITTING mad. Texas authorities better have those children back in their mothers arms by tonight.
"A 33-year-old Colorado Springs woman has been questioned about a telephone call that sparked a raid at the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints compound in western Texas two weeks ago.
Rozita Swinton was arrested at her home Wednesday night by Colorado Springs police for an incident that occurred in February. Members of the Texas Rangers were also in Colorado Springs as part of their investigation.
"The Texas Rangers were in Colorado Springs (Wednesday) as part of their investigation involving the compound in Texas. They left and have not filed any charges on Rozita Swinton as of this time," said Colorado Springs police spokesman Lt. Skip Arms.
Colorado Springs police said the arrest warrant has been sealed and refused to release any other details, reported Deseret News."
(Excerpt) Read more at naturalfamilyblog.com ...
OK Texas, Give those children back to the parents!
That whole "they were having sex with underage girls in the temple thing" has been used against poligamists for over a hundred years.
Religious persecution, pure and simple.
If society wants to take an underage pregnant girl from her family, why not start with Jamie Lynn Spears. Prosecute her boyfriend for statutory rape and absolve her mother of all parental rights.
Not these families.
PS - If anyone in the Fundamentalist LDS church is breaking the law then, sure throw the book at them, but if the only crime these people have committed is "being different" and raising their children out of the mainstream of society....LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!
Whose next? The Amish? The Mennonites? The Muslims? Anyone who wants to homeschool? This is America for crying out loud. We were created on the principle of Religious Freedom. You Nanny State Bullies get out of the homes, bedrooms, and religious sanctuaries of "We the People".
The most visible family I see "grooming" children in obscene sexual behavior, immodesty, and living a lifestyle that is DAMAGING to babies and children is in fact the lifestyle of Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears. Go harass them if you want to do some good for the country.
If teenage pregnancies are such a scandal these days, why do the Democrats shield Planned Parenthood from reporting suspected child abuse when a minor comes in for an abortion?
Clearly a number of the pregnancies (and funding for the abortions) come from adult males.
Again: the YFZ Ranch warrant was not based solely on phone calls, but also on the visual testimony of sworn witnesses.
This could be hugh!
Tomorrow 19 Apr ‘93 is the 15 years anniversary of the inferno at Waco and the last time I turned on my TV. We’re not doing a good job of speaking up for anyone these days.
BS, the kids in custody have nothing to do with you post.
“if the only crime these people have committed is “being different””
Thank you for going on record as considering child rape as just “being different”.
I have not read the info on smoking gun yet, but if authorities had specific info, why did they not go after specific perps. There is probably a lot we don’t know, but this sure looks like a fishing expedition to me.
That is the damn truth, some fool screaming about how law should be governed by a silly ass news blog.
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No kidding.
If by executing a warrant based on her information additional threats to the safety of the children were found, prosecute to the fullest extent.
Mennonites, Amish, or any other Protestant denomination do not practice polygamy, sanctioned incest, or pedophilia as part of thier religious practices.
The FLDS, like Mormons, have no root in either Catholicism, or Protestantism
I suspect what will happen is that the FLDS will tie this into a legal boondoggle by the sheer numbers
There are different legal threshholds required for a search warrant and for an arrest warrant.
The State of Texas wisely decided to build its case one step at a time.
All the big inner cities practice a worse form of polygamy, they just sleep around indiscriminately and move on down the line. Plenty of pregnant 12 and 13 year olds!It’s all government subsidized too!
The religious link seems to be what upsets the gubmint, it sure ain’t the thought of older men sleeping with young girls.
Religious persecution, pure and simple”
No, it's called breaking the law. They should be locked just for the polygamy alone.
And it seems very likely that there were perverts impregnating underage girls.
Not much of a threshhold in CO apparently.
Polygamy isn’t a crime.
Bigamy is. Going through two civil sanctioned marriages.
Serial adultery isn’t criminal anymore.
Springs woman arrested for false reporting in raid
A Colorado Springs woman was arrested on charges of false reporting to authorities and is being investigated for her alleged involvement in the call that tipped authorities off to possible abuse at the Texas polygamist compound.
Police say they arrested 33-year-old Rozita Swinton at her home on Wednesday. The Texas Rangers were in Colorado Springs apparently as part of their investigation involving the compound in Texas.
They left and have not filed any charges on Swinton and the Colorado Springs Police spokesman said he could not discuss any aspects of the Texas case.
Our sister station KMGH in Denver found out that this is not the first time Swinton has been arrested on charges of making false reports to authorities. According to records the charge against Swinton was made in connection to calls received by police in February indicating she was 13 years old and trapped in a basement-- all a lie.
It appears the cult defenders are counting chickens before they hatch.
Jenny Hatch's Mormon Mommy Blog: Natural Family Blog. "I am a stay at home mother of five who is a non-apologetic NEO-CON! I love my country, my family, and my faith."
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn’t a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
Yes, indeed. Pastor Martin Niemöller’s poem should be causing some to think right about now.
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