One more thing I neglected to mention...
There is a very good reason why the lawyers for the first Jeff’s trial wanted to move the trial out of St. George UT (where this Catholic chick lives), Washington County and instead hold it up north, in SLC.
Because it’s very easy to excuse this cult when you have some distance. (And by “cult” I am not referring to mainstream LDS people. I am specifically referring to the FLDS. Regular LDS people are fine.)
They wanted the trial OUT of here because people here have a front row seat to the consequences of this twisted gig. Jeffs was never going to get away with his happy horseshit here and they knew it. And they were right. :)
People here in St. George are on the front lines of this; we are the ones who see the 13 & 14 year old boys walking along I-15 in the middle of winter, with only the clothes on their back. We’re the closest “city” and so it’s where the girls who manage to escape end up. Here, there are the charities/organizations that sprung up to help these youngsters. LDS, other faiths, and no faiths at all....everyone pitches in.
Jeffs was getting no sympathy here. And he didn’t.
Excellent postings, Daisyjane. Thank you for everything you have written here today.