LOL!!!
Posted on 06/07/2008 4:39:31 PM PDT by JRochelle
Gov. Rick Perry hinted Thursday that members of a polygamist sect whose children were recently returned amid a botched sex-abuse investigation should pack their bags, a newspaper reported.
Perry, who was in La Baule, France, for a European business conference, said that the state of Texas has an obligation to protect young women from being forced into marriage and underage sex, The Dallas Morning News reported in its online edition.
He also warned members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that child sex abuse won't be tolerated and even suggested that followers of the renegade Mormon sect may want to get out.
"If you are going to conduct yourself that way, we are going to prosecute you," Perry said. "If you don't want to be prosecuted for those activities, then maybe Texas is not the place you need to consider calling home."
Willie Jessop, an FLDS elder who lives in Utah, said Perry's remarks were shocking, particularly given a Texas Supreme Court ruling that forced this week's return of 440 sect children on the grounds that child welfare officials provided scant evidence that the children were in danger.
"It's an outrage that he should even make such gross and broad allegations," Jessop said. "He's listening to people that tell lies about the FLDS."
FLDS officials have accused the state of persecuting sect members for their religious beliefs.
Texas authorities raided the sprawling compound in west Texas in early April after three calls to a domestic abuse hot line, purportedly from a 16-year-old mother who said she was being abused by her middle-aged husband. The calls are now being investigated as a hoax.
Perry said that using the information state authorities had at the time, "they acted with the best interest of those children."
"If responsibility needs to be taken for (court edicts) saying that we stepped across some legal line, I'll certainly take that responsibility," the governor said.
Jessop, who has insisted that children at the ranch were not mistreated, has sidestepped questions about underage marriages at the Yearning for Zion ranch. But he did announce this week that the church would no longer sanction marriages of any girl too young to give legal consent.
Though the children have been returned, a criminal investigation continues.
If you’re going to post drivel like that, you should certainly post some proof.
susie
That's a good one:^)
Cordially,
I have followed these threads and I have no clue what you’re talking about.
susie
That “drivel” is my opinion, based on my observations. He’s a globalist, lying idiot with his corrupt fat fingers into all kinds of honey jars.
You can call me an idiot for not liking that big phoney Goodhair RINO. That’s your perogative, which I respect.
“What would he want a bunch of scrub land for?”
That’s an excellent question. Someone should ask him. I would love to know the real reason. But do you think he’ll give an honest answer?
LOL!!!
But he did announce this week that the church would no longer sanction marriages of any girl too young to give legal consent.
Girls who aren't old enough to consent themselves may legally marry if their parents consent to it. IF those are his exact words, then he says the church won't sanction that anymore. But that was legal, so he's in no way admitting that the church participated in breaking the law.
Very clever.
Can you hear my SIGH of relief? Can we get on to prosecuting and jailing those who allowed this BEFORE the FLDS proclaimed they won't allow this any longer?
No, no, no...I was not speaking to you directly. Oh man. Sorry. I was parphrasing what the governor was saying to the sect.
I was parphrasing what the governor was saying to the sect, not actually saying that anyone did not like anyone on here and that they should get out.
Wow, I will have to be careful. That one was too funny. Would never say that to anyone on FR. Sorry for any confusion.
Ahhh, you must leave flds because we look like absolute fools as a state; but Jose, Francisco, Felix, Jose, Juanita, Rosa, Dominga, and Pancho are welcome from Mexico any ole day, come one and come all. Please use all our facilities at your leisure, including health and education facilities.
I haven’t said the folks should sue, but when I see stuff like this maybe they should. The governor looks weak. He stopped all electronic communications including text messages and emails during the raid so that freedom of information could not be used against him. What a spineless little twerp.
And he deliberately didn’t use text messaging for the same reason. I suppose all the weak ones are learning from Kwame in Detroit.
Somebody wants it I think.
IOW -— Hit the road Jack! All you 50+ Jack horn dogs with your teenage harems
my point, dear susie q, was just that a governor warning people he doesn’t like to leave the state is very similar to old signs in certain towns warning black people to leave town after dark. Read up on your american history.
I know you don't darling. If you will simple compare the ping list that is used on these FLDS threads and the ping list on the Mitt Romney/Mormon threads then you will see what I am talking about.
TTC will be controlled by a company in Spain. Maybe Perry is trying to give away more of Texas to foreign companies.
Good point
You got a mouse in your pocket?
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