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Judge orders FLDS newborn into state custody
Chron.com ^ | May 1, 2008 | MICHELLE ROBERTS

Posted on 05/01/2008 4:44:54 PM PDT by Politicalmom

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To: najida

ROTFL!


261 posted on 05/01/2008 7:01:50 PM PDT by JRochelle (Keep sweet means shut up and take it.)
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To: El Gato

Location and types of bone fractures are more telling than numbers.


262 posted on 05/01/2008 7:01:53 PM PDT by najida (On FR- Most guys see themselves is Brad Pitt, and think every woman here is Aunt Bea)
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To: Alice in Wonderland

Again, exhume the bodies and search for abuse. If there is probable cause, this shouldn’t be to hard to get a warrant for.

When you have a closed sect (I don’t believe they get a whole lot of converts - perhaps I’m wrong, but they tend to shun the outside world) you wind up with a very small gene pool. One of the side effects of a small gene pool is deformities and infant deaths. Frankly, I’m kind of surprised we haven’t heard of hemophilia in the males.


263 posted on 05/01/2008 7:02:26 PM PDT by Hodar (With Rights, come Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
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To: najida

LOL...how did the culture survive prior to the world wide web (thank you AlGore...)


264 posted on 05/01/2008 7:02:50 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (I could never 'Keep Sweet' I am a bitter Pennsylvanian)
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To: beandog
It’s amazing how quickly people want to believe the worse about the government when no where in the article did it say they took the baby away from the mother. In fact it clearly stated the mother was also in state custody.

But while it doesn't say that the baby was separated from the mother, it doesn't say it wasn't either. It certainly can be read to imply that the baby was taken.

265 posted on 05/01/2008 7:03:30 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: Hodar
Sorry, can't let you have a 'bye' on that one. The gov't actions are in question, and teams of lawyers are going to be looking at every 't' and every 'i'. Pray that no one took a short cut and that no civil rights were violated.

The legal commentators at Findlaw.com (hardly friends of the government) Disagree with your assessment of the legality and procedures followed by the government in this case. If there is no support for your position there you can bet there will not be any in the courts.

266 posted on 05/01/2008 7:03:31 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

I guess they would have found other things to do with that one hand.


267 posted on 05/01/2008 7:03:55 PM PDT by najida (On FR- Most guys see themselves is Brad Pitt, and think every woman here is Aunt Bea)
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To: prayforpeaceofJerusalem
Thanks for re-posting to me, I can't keep up with the thread so I'm only reading my 'pings' list. :-)

A court of law in this case is not needed to prove the guilt of the cult for all the accusations against them

No, no, no, no, no. This is America. We have a system. Ted Bundy got a trial. Charles Manson got a trial. Each and every man and woman in this case deserves their own, personal trial.

What you are hoping for is a technicality -not justice- to set the evil men and women free of the ability to be punished for their “most well known” crimes.”

What I am hoping is that the courts will be prevented from expanding the definition of child abuse to include something a parent might do, because of their association through choice or through birth with a particular group.

268 posted on 05/01/2008 7:03:58 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Kill them with kindness, then taser them for fun.)
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To: Hunble

Prayer for the healing of your family.


269 posted on 05/01/2008 7:05:09 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: El Gato
media report yesterday about 41 known cases of broken bones among the children...

Now that should be simple:

Post the x-rays on the Internet for everyone to see.

Use coded numbers to protect the identify of the people involved, but allow the American people to see those 41 x-rays.

Yup, I am calling them liars!

270 posted on 05/01/2008 7:05:12 PM PDT by Hunble
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To: prayforpeaceofJerusalem
According to a recent post, there have been about 8 men from the FLDS compound who have come forward to have their DNA taken. 8 out of about 75 men! That is a sure sign of guilt!
271 posted on 05/01/2008 7:05:24 PM PDT by JRochelle (Keep sweet means shut up and take it.)
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To: Puddleglum
You are using deductive reasoning - if A is true and B contradicts A, then B can't be true. I am saying that A is a generalization that B may not support.

Of course we are speaking only of probabilities. We do not have omnipotence. Your proposition that this is a horny teenage girl wanting to get it on with an older guy and having, not just one, but two kids, is at odds with all the known practices of the cult. Often, after kids were simply observed becoming sexually aware (simple flirting or an innocent kiss), we are told by former cult members that they were given in marriage to someone else at that point.

In other words, there is no support for your position from the evidence we have about the cult. There is plenty for the counter-position. If you want an angel to descend with gold plates with the specific truth about this situation, you will probably be waiting awhile.

272 posted on 05/01/2008 7:05:59 PM PDT by the808bass
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To: prayforpeaceofJerusalem
What you are hoping for is a technicality -not justice- to set the evil men and women free of the ability to be punished for their “most well known” crimes.

Are you sure you're posting to the right person?

273 posted on 05/01/2008 7:06:05 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: najida

Priceless!!!!


274 posted on 05/01/2008 7:06:35 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (I could never 'Keep Sweet' I am a bitter Pennsylvanian)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom
These aren't HS kids making out in their car; these girls are married to the elders of this cult. THERE IS NO PROMISCUITY!!! Until you, no one alleged that.

Again, with the absolutes and the certainities sparked by outrage and not evidence. Why even have trials? Why not just have allegations?

275 posted on 05/01/2008 7:06:41 PM PDT by Puddleglum
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To: MrEdd
Because of my excellent grasp of the English language, normally I would have ignored that; but since you so obligingly put it in the words of Inigo Montoya, I looked it up just to be sure! ;-)

1. subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.

2. decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.

276 posted on 05/01/2008 7:07:34 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Kill them with kindness, then taser them for fun.)
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To: El Gato

The only times I’ve known of a baby being taken from a mother was when the mother was either so high on crack the baby was born into withdrawls OR she was so mentally ill that she was stated she wanted to stab it to death when it was born (and she said this repeatedly in front of me and other witnesses).

So no, taking babies is pretty rare.


277 posted on 05/01/2008 7:08:09 PM PDT by najida (On FR- Most guys see themselves is Brad Pitt, and think every woman here is Aunt Bea)
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To: the808bass
I don’t hit the abuse button. Never have. Never will.

I've hit it on myself before.

278 posted on 05/01/2008 7:08:36 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: the808bass

the808bass: “It’s the willful, coached obstruction of a government investigation which caused the problem.”

In other words, they aren’t cooperating with the witch hunt. What a shame.

Sarcasm aside, why are these children obliged to say anything at all to the government interrogators? Interrogate long enough and I don’t doubt CPS will find or fabricate all sorts of abusive evidence. Sorry, but I don’t trust government interrogators ONE BIT.

Secondly, you’re providing anecdotal evidence at best. There are over 400 children involved. Could the interrogators have made a mistake and confused info from different interrogations with different children? Are we talking about a couple children or a large percentage of them? Finally, how do you personally know any of this is even true?

Honestly, CPS hasn’t exactly come across as being very organized throughout this whole process.


279 posted on 05/01/2008 7:09:07 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Member of CRAM - Conservative Resigned to Accept McCain)
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To: Puddleglum
Again, with the absolutes and the certainities sparked by outrage and not evidence. Why even have trials? Why not just have allegations?

If you want to argue about the practices of the cult, then you should read about them. If you don't want to read about them, don't posit things about which you have no idea. Or, ignore common sense and continue to jabber away to muddy the waters or simply pass the time away with mental gymnastics.

280 posted on 05/01/2008 7:09:30 PM PDT by the808bass
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