Do you know that for sure? And by whom? Their *husbands* or other despot male authorities, or by the government authorities?
Infiltration certainly will not work. Heck, they don't even keep their own sons in there because they are competition; they certainly aren't going to allow any other males join. Kids can't do it. Are any women going to volunteer to join a group like that and be abused and raped by its members? How to you watch a close, tight knit, isolated community like that?
The sorts of ways of usually gathering information aren't going to be very effective with a group like this.
If a weapons cache were reported under a mosque (and I for one don't doubt they exist) it OUGHT to be investigated. Unless one believes that because jihad is part of their religion, it gets protected by the Constitution and we can't do anything to stop it. Do you really, seriously believe that the Constitution should protect that sort of thing?
The children are being held by Child Welfare based on a phone call from a 16 year old girl “alleging” abuse. The latest on FOX is that 159 children and 60 adults have been taken from the “compound”. No arrests have been made.
Child welfare Services are placing children in Foster Homes as we speak. Reporters are asking the same questions that I have asked. This is Police State tactics in action. Get some popcorn because this may get ugly.
>>”If a weapons cache were reported under a mosque (and I for one don’t doubt they exist) it OUGHT to be investigated. Unless one believes that because jihad is part of their religion, it gets protected by the Constitution and we can’t do anything to stop it. Do you really, seriously believe that the Constitution should protect that sort of thing?”<<
You might have misread my statement. I was trying to point out that the government would be slow to investigate such a claim and quick to jump on the FLDS. I believe for every roadside bombing at least one U.S. Mosque should be leveled. We’re on the same page on that subject!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,346959,00.html
“Troopers armed with a search warrant raided the compound on Friday to look for evidence of a marriage between the girl and 50-year-old Dale Barlow.”
I guess this is one way to get inside information. They’re lucky they weren’t shot by the FLDS. Then it would have been another Waco! So very close, metmom. This is not how you investigate an alleged abuse case.