Absolutely it is a mess. The 16 year old loose custody? Yes, that is a hard one, but who is going to support her and her 4 children? She is but a child herself. Uneducated, unworldly, and unable to function in society. There are several things that are not being reported by the Main Stream Media.
Nobody is interviewing the “fathers”. They mostly scattered like rats. Why are the men of this bunch not being identified and held accountable? When asked, the women evaded all the questions about who their “husbands” were. Nobody is reporting on how the male children are cast out onto the road when they reach 17, and are never permitted back in.
It is not a healthy situation, any way that you look at it. I hate the interference of anything Government as much as the other guy, but, the slimy part of all this, is-—someone has to stand up for those kids, and who is it going to be?
It is interesting how the FLDS men have scattered like trash in the breeze.
Wow, big strong tough guys....
I honestly believe that once all this mess is sorted out, the 16 year old will not lose custody...she may end of living in foster care with her kids, but she’ll not have parental rights severed (Unless she wishes).
And more than once, I’ve seen teen girls, pregnant via abuse, molestation etc give up their kids so the children can have a better chance and they themselves can put an ugly past behind them.
Good points all. Once this mess is sorted out, the men involved need to be held to the letter of the law. I hope that the authorities are keeping track of these characters. I also find the ousting of the male children at seventeen very revealing.
Absolutely it is a mess. The 16 year old loose custody? Yes, that is a hard one, but who is going to support her and her 4 children?
The sad part is we the taxpayers will no matter what if they are split up we will if they are kept together we will
Sorry, I have to take exception to this. Not to dis the Amish, but that is their culture.
I really hope the point of all this sturm und drang is not to "mainstream" these kids. Let them dress, eat and live the way they want to, all except that "sex with creepy old men" part.
The damage that has been done to the girls is awful, but the damage that will be done to all of them when told "Uh, gee, sorry, we don't like the way you live, and by the way, EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IS A LIE so do it our way" just might do them more harm than good (see the "your religion is wrong, convert to mine" threads for reference).