FLDS has an in-house physician.
And a dozen such children are considered evidence that nearly 300 others were “at risk”. Meanwhile Planned Parenthood doesn't ask where a 13 year old gets money for an abortion and opposes parental notification on the supposed fear “what if it is her FATHER who impregnated her?”.
It is criminal in Texas to marry someone under 16. Prosecute that. It will remove the offenders and no longer put the other minors "at risk".
Or should the 275 kids be put into foster homes for the rest of their lives since their families brought them up in situation of "neglect"?
Sec. 2.102. PARENTAL CONSENT FOR UNDERAGE APPLICANT. (a) If an applicant is 16 years of age or older but under 18 years of age, the county clerk shall issue the license if parental consent is given as provided by this section...A parent or a person who has the court-ordered right to consent to marriage for the applicant commits an offense if the parent or other person knowingly provides parental consent under this section for an applicant who is younger than 16 years of age or who is presently married to a person other than the person the applicant desires to marry. An offense under this subsection is a felony of the third degree.
Polygamy = Polygamy
Joseph Smith = Joseph Smith
FLDS = LDS
So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. Jesus Christ (Matthew 7:17-20)
Apostle Orson Hyde: I discover that some of the Eastern papers represent me as a great blasphemer, because I said, in my lecture on Marriage, at our last Conference, that JESUS CHRIST WAS MARRIED at Cana of Galilee, THAT MARY, MARTHA, AND OTHERS WERE HIS WIVES, AND THAT HE BEGAT CHILDREN. (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 2, page 210)
Brigham Young, answering critics who claimed polygamy as a relic of barbarism: Yes, one of the relics of Adam, of Enoch, of Noah, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Moses, David, Solomon, the Prophets, OF JESUS, AND HIS APOSTLES. (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 11, page 328)
Brigham Young: The Scripture says that He, the LORD, came walking in the Temple, with HIS TRAIN; I do not now who they were, unless HIS WIVES AND CHILDREN;... (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 13, page 309)