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Arizona, Utah teens flee polygamy towns along border
Arizona Republic ^
Posted on 01/19/2004 10:38:45 AM PST by jmcclain19
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:22:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The anticipated exodus of teenage girls from the strife-torn, polygamist communities of Colorado City and Hildale, Utah, began in earnest this weekend as about 10 fanned out to towns in southern Utah seeking protection, anti-polygamy activists said Sunday.
The movement followed a ruling by a Maricopa County juvenile court judge late Friday that two 16-year-old teens from Colorado City, who had fled to the Valley last week, would be allowed to stay in foster homes rather than remain in state custody.
(Excerpt) Read more at azcentral.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Arizona; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: coloradocity; cult; hildale; mormons; polygamy
To: jmcclain19
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posted on
01/19/2004 10:43:03 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: jmcclain19
"Rumors of violence and growing weapon stockpiles "
you just can't stop men from being able to take young teenagers for wives with or without their permission without a big fight on your hands...
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posted on
01/19/2004 10:43:46 AM PST
by
cherry
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: jmcclain19
Musn't allow anything to interefere with modern marriage. No young people will ever be harmed by allowing anyone to marry anything. Just live and let live.
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posted on
01/19/2004 10:47:01 AM PST
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: cherry
Yeah, and what 16-year-old doesn't dream of a disgusting old man for a husband?
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posted on
01/19/2004 10:47:26 AM PST
by
NYpeanut
(gulping for air, I started crying and yelling at him, "Why did you lie to me?")
To: jmcclain19
Warren Jeffs, excommunicated about 20 of the communities' most influential men and issued an edict stripping them of their wives. Polygamous communities must always need to eject a large portion of their young men in order to maintain the desired sex ratio.
To: jmcclain19
Slightly off topic here, but I wonder what happens to these young women when it is time for them to give birth. If they are not given access to medical care for fear that the "authorities" may report the relationship.
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posted on
01/19/2004 10:55:41 AM PST
by
Dutchgirl
To: Dutchgirl
In Colorado City and Hildale, the authorities are in cahoots as well. For the longest time, Colorado City's mayor was one of the most prominent polygamists.
To: jmcclain19; All
While I do not agree with this lifestyle, our governor is using this as a "parental rights" issue. See below.
Napolitano says the close-knit society, combined with the broad protections granted to parents under state law, has thrown up roadblocks in the collection of evidence of possible child rape and other crimes.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1059530/posts
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posted on
01/19/2004 11:04:13 AM PST
by
hsmomx3
(Want higher taxes? Don't move to Arizona.)
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