Posted on 04/06/2008 5:27:22 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Horndogs.
Paging Janet Reno.... Janet Reno.... Please pick up a white courtesy phone...
Something the LDS has in common with the Muzzies. But I bet no Muslim compound is ever going to be raided, although I’m sure this goes on at those places, too.
Do you think Islamberg is the next cult compound raided?
Right on all counts.
I’m taking a look at that area on Google Earth, looks like the photo they have is in some sort of earlier phase of construction.
Makes ya wonder though, what kind of welfare fraud got them to build all that?
The stated reason for removing all of those people from their home is very slim.
They need to be a bit more specific.
Lucky for them Janet Reno isn’t AG, they would be dead by now
So this gives LE justification to search untold numbers of buildings and take nearly 200 people into custody? That is one hell of a warrant, that is if they actually have one that describes all buildings, places and things to look for and name all the people involved, all based on two phone calls from a teenaged girl.
Of course, all they have to do is say " we suspect drugs" and they can simply burn the place to the ground.
A little unfair to refer to these guys as “LDS”, although people refer to that group of military funeral-picketing losers as “evangelical Christians”, so ...
Well, they do have to investigate the complaint of a 16-year-old girl who has been forced to marry a 50-year-old lecher and bear his child. And since the girl appears to have indicated that other girls have been harmed or may be at risk of being harmed, the authorities would be derelict if they didn’t investigate further.
Can't let a little thing like that stop the party.
The majority of Mormons may not grasp the con of their religion, but know better than this.
I remember Waco.
The age of consent in TX is 17, so they can go with statutory rape charges.
Yes, it is very possable.
From Texas Family Code:
2.003. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE BY MINOR. In addition to the other requirements provided by this chapter, a person under 18 years of age applying for a license must provide to the county clerk: (1) documents establishing, as provided by Section 2.102, parental consent for the person to the marriage; (2) documents establishing that a prior marriage of the person has been dissolved; or (3) a court order granted under Section 2.103 authorizing the marriage of the person.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, � 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
2.102. PARENTAL CONSENT FOR UNDERAGE APPLICANT. (a) If an applicant is 14 years of age or older but under 18 years of age, the county clerk shall issue the license if parental consent is given as provided by this section. (b) Parental consent must be evidenced by a written declaration on a form supplied by the county clerk in which the person consents to the marriage and swears that the person is a parent (if there is no judicially designated managing conservator or guardian of the applicant's person) or a judicially designated managing conservator or guardian (whether an individual, authorized agency, or court) of the applicant's person. (c) Except as otherwise provided by this section, consent must be acknowledged before a county clerk. (d) If the person giving parental consent resides in another state, the consent may be acknowledged before an officer authorized to issue marriage licenses in that state. (e) If the person giving parental consent is unable because of illness or incapacity to comply with the provisions of Subsection (c) or (d), the consent may be acknowledged before any officer authorized to take acknowledgments. A consent under this subsection must be accompanied by a physician's affidavit stating that the person giving parental consent is unable to comply because of illness or incapacity. (f) Parental consent must be given at the time the application for the marriage license is made or not earlier than the 30th day preceding the date the application is made.
So, if their paperwork is in order the LEO's have a little explaining to do.
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