Posted on 04/28/2008 5:27:59 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
31 of 53 teen girls at FLDS ranch are pregnant or had baby
By MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago
More than half the teen girls taken from a polygamist compound in west Texas have children or are pregnant, state officials said Monday.
A total of 53 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 are in state custody after a raid 3 1/2 weeks ago at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado. Of those girls, 31 either have children or are pregnant, said Child Protective Services spokesman Darrell Azar. Two are pregnant now, CPS officials have said in court; it was unclear whether either of those two already have children.
"It shows you a pretty distinct pattern, that it was pretty pervasive," he said.
State officials took custody of all 463 children at the ranch controlled by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, saying a pattern of teen girls forced into underage "spiritual" marriages and sex with much older men created an unsafe environment for the sect's children.
Under Texas law, children under the age of 17 generally cannot consent to sex with an adult. A girl can get married with parental permission at 16, but none of these girls is believed to have a legal marriage under state law.
State officials said earlier that they had found girls who were pregnant or had children of their own at the ranch, but they had not provided more than rough estimates until Monday.
Church officials have denied that any children were abused at the ranch and say the state's actions are a form of religious persecution.
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Sure, would a lesbian build all these pages?
My faith in America has been renewed, ala Michelle Obama. LOL
It’ll get twisted.
Are we a protected class now? I need a raise...I'll just tell my boss if he doesn't give me a raise...I'll sic GLAAD on him (cuz some guy on the internet sez I'm Gay)...
25 years married...and five kids here (I've been hiding it well)...
I'd stay and FReep, but I think I need to swing by eBay and stock up Birkenstocks and flannel...
;) now thats ‘more men.’ LOL...
>>”He’s calling us all lesbians!!”<<
You have just proven my point, thank you. Certainly even you can now see how quick you jump to conclusions and assumptions without benefit of fact.
I’ll put it in simpler terms for simpler minds. Please show me where I called you lesbians. That should be simple!
I swore I wouldn’t engage in any more arguments with your group, but I just couldn’t let this blatant lie go unanswered. I await your proof.
“>>My husband of 19 years, and my four children will get a kick out of that!!”<<
Politicalmom & PennsylvaniaMom: FYI, We have a neighbor who was married for 30 years, raised 5 kids and then turned butch. And your point was...??
Wow, living next to you was so horrible some poor woman became gay?
I am QUITE certain of my NON-lesbian status, thank you.
And don’t try to wiggle out of what you were implying.
Blatant lie? Lighten up or just plain switch to de-caff...
Nope, not every man, just those who think with it and think that it's appropriate to use it to subjugate women and children.
I believe they not only hate Mormons (LDS), but hate men in general, if you know what I mean.
Yes, we know what you mean. Everyone can tell what you mean. Your meaning was quite clear.
Let’s see. I can think of quite a few men who honor and love women around here. They are keepers. That’s the kind of man a women WANTS to take the lead.
It’s those that call a woman a lesbian simply because she did her JOB in this case, or who think that the treatment of the females in this cult is perfectly acceptable, or those who won’t come out of themselves long enough to try to imagine the
terror and misery and hopelessness life as a brood mare in a cult compound must be whom I despise.
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