Posted on 04/06/2008 5:27:22 AM PDT by SkyPilot
Just to clarify, these people are not part of the modern LDS. They are a radical splinter group and a closely insulated cult lead by Warren Jeffs that believes that it’s God’s will to force 14 or 15 year old girls into incestuous “marriages” with their uncles or first cousins (or even worse).
Yes, Warren Jeffs is a wack-job pervert, as was his father before him, but he's not a Baptist. Do you think that there might be something in the teachings or in the tradition (or in both) of Mormonism that lends some support to such an abusive way of life?
Just to clarify, these nutjobs are living polygamy as Joseph Smith and Brigham Young instructed.
Lets not whitewash this.
One would hope so.
The life of Joe Smith their prophet.
CNN reported that you cannot get married at 15 in Texas, even with parental consent.
This girl is 16 with an 8 month old baby.
That puts her at 14 or 15 when that pervert molested her.
The Mohhamedans would approve!
Some additional info:
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/apr/05/official-on-children-at-flds-ranch-it-is-not-for/
The girl called 911 more than once, apparently asking for help. She was also 15 when impregnated, and girls under 16 cannot be legally married in Texas, even with parental consent.
Seems to me that there is plenty of reason for authorities to take a look and that it would be unthinkable to ignore that child’s cry for help.
“Establish justice . . . promote the general welfare, secure the blessings of liberty,” and all that.
Doing the math, the child has an “approximately’ eight month old son. Calculating normal human gestation of nine months this infers that she was roughly 14.5 years when she became pregnant. Pretty damn hard to ignore, especially after she notified authorities of her situation.
What? No flammable tear gas? No machine gunning people attempting to flee the flames?
“But I bet no Muslim compound is ever going to be raided, although I’m sure this goes on at those places, too.”
Nope, won’t happen. Where I live there have been thousands of Mohammedans brought in since 2000 by Catholic Charities at the invitation of the local heretic RC bishop who has convinced his people that they will get a “bigger mansion in heaven” if they embrace the Mohammedans. Most of the men have 4 wives, each of whom a pregnant. The Mohammedan population is supported by welfare and agitation by nuns, priests and various RC limp wrists and pols ever watchful for the Mohammedans’ “rights”. The rest of us, of course, get to pay for all this.
You know, L, we don’t say that the floor of hell is paved with the skulls of bishops for nothing!
You reckon?
It’s not a temple.
According to Federal guidelines, it must now be referred to as a “compound”.
thanks for the informative clarification. Let’s be fair to all LDS people and respect their religion. This bizzarre cult is a big reason that Rommney is not electable. It makes Americans queasy,not saying that is fair..but it is reality.
Is it just me or does this remind you of the raid against David Koresh and the Branch Davidians back during Janet Reno’s days?
Hmmm, a 16 year old girl claims to be forcefully married to a 50-year old man and bore him a child. And this results in the massive police and child protection raid, where hundreds are arrested and seized?
And this is worse than six and nine year old girls being forcefully married to 45 year old men (like Aisha was to Mohammed) that is still going on to thousands of Muslim girls today?
This is worse than drug dealers addicting, raping, and forcing into prostitution tens of thousands of teenagers and preteenagers every year in the US alone?
Why the selective outrage? Why doesn’t the government act the same against the polygamist Muslims and the drug dealers?
Frankly, Warren Jeff and his fundamentalist Mormon group sicken me - I’ve no respect for people like that. Still, this selectivism, where only white Christian loonies are the bad guys, should be bothersome to all.
The tacit encouragement of the MSM for warrentless searches and abuse of power by agencies that they champion, such as CPS, is part of how respect for the Constitution is eroded.
So they are aware that the FLDS is not a break away nor excommunicated and is not in any way related to or by any means to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, this FLDS, is a rogue organization, is a Fake LDS!
I pray reasonable minds will remember just like our struggle in our Conservative Efforts that the media many times ignores our side or maligns us, and they apply the same brush the the LDS!
Sad but true there are freepers who know better but take delight in posting this confusion.
Regardless of the legal age of marriage in TX, the child is most likely NOT the “first” wife who would be the only legal wife, and therefore any “marriage” is bigamy. Any sexual congress therefore would be statutory rape.
Found another version that is the same but has the permitted age at 16.
§ 2.102. PARENTAL CONSENT FOR UNDERAGE APPLICANT. (a) If an applicant is 16 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.
Of cours, this only applies to American citizens, not illegal aliens...
Do you honestly believe a 16 year old girl really wanted to be married to a 50 year old man?
I’m sure that many of the people of this religious group are very fine people. I was taken aback to see the Baptist Church buses going onto the compound. The authorities should have used government buses like school buses or at least covered up the Baptist signs.
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