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First, there is nothing “quiet” about how the CPS has returned the 12 children to their three families. Google FLDS, and the first 99 or so articles that come up will be about this very non-quiet story.

But more important, please define “family” for us. Do you mean a mom, dad, and one or more children? Or do you mean 7 moms and their childrens, and one dad? Or 7 moms, some of whom have been “given” the children of other moms as punishment for those moms, or even just because the leader of the church got a bee in his bonnet? Or 7 moms, a bunch of children, one dad—until that dad ticked off the church leader and had the entire family ripped away from him and given to some other “dad”?

You cannot compare that kind of family to the kind of family most of us know. To say that it’s wrong to have children “ripped from the arms of their mothers” ignores the fact that this happens anyway in their world when they are (for whatever reason) give to some other mother, or to some other father.

Did you read my first paragraph? I never said I agree with their lifestyle, just with the way this was handled by the Texas authorities. Collective punishments rarely have their desired effect. We don't have to agree with their religious beliefs, but this country was founded on Christian belief in religious tolerance, and I believe in their right to have them.

So, until specific criminal activity is discovered (no charges have yet been filed), I am willing to at least give them some benefit of the doubt. I may not agree with them, but wouldn't you want the same. There are those in America who believe that exposure of your children to any Christian belief is abuse.

From the looks of your "about" page, you appear to have made this topic your hobby, and somewhat of a personal crusade (to the point where the Moderator [peace and blessings be upon him (;{) ] had to intervene).

I won't pretend to know as many infinite details about this case as someone who appears to have centered their life around it (for whatever reason one can only speculate), but I still believe it's wrong to approach it the way your blessed Texas Rangers did.

And no, I'm not one of those "America haters" and "child abuse apologists" to which you refer. I just believe this action will be harder on the majority of those children than if the Texas Rangers had simply rooted out the actual abusers, and taken them down hard. That would have served as an object lesson to everyone there. But that's not really what it's about anyway. If you think it was "for the children", then I believe you're mistaken. Again, what are you going to do when they come for you and no-one is left to speak out???