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FLDS Parents Could Face Charges for Abandoning their "Lost Boys"
KCPW News ^ | February 14, 2008

Posted on 02/22/2008 9:11:12 AM PST by Zakeet

They're called the "Lost Boys," the teenagers kicked out of their homes and communities by leaders of the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to ensure there's an ample supply of single, young women who will one day become plural wives. Representative Lorie Fowlke (R-Orem), is running a bill to make this abandonment a felony.

"Estimates are that we've had more than 1,000 children - primarily in southern Utah - thrown out of their homes," Fowlke says. "What we were trying to do with this bill is criminalize this behavior and send a message to this community that they can't just throw away their children."

H.B. 23 adds child abandonment to the definition of child abuse, and makes it a felony crime. It also adds an enhancement if a parent or organization benefits from the child's abandonment to further an illegal enterprise, such as polygamy. This is the case with the FLDS church, says Roger Hoole, a lawyer who represents some of the displaced young men and sits on the board for the Utah Association for Justice. He says the church benefits from kicking out young men who would compete for plural wives. This, he says, has devastating consequences.

"There's a huge impact that's coming, like a tsunami, that's going to hit the state of Utah, when these boys get a little older and realize what has happened to them and get angry," Hoole says. "There's a real problem here."

Fowlke's bill gained unanimous support in a Senate committee this morning, and now heads to the full Senate for consideration.


TOPICS: General Discusssion; Other Christian; Other non-Christian; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: az; flds; jeffs; lds; mormonism; nottherealldschurch; polygamy; ut
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To: pby; sevenbak
No quid pro quo, sevenbak?

Ahhh...why not?

1,341 posted on 02/28/2008 4:14:15 PM PST by pby
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To: pby; lady lawyer; sevenbak

Jesus gave the Pharisees and Sadducees the doctrine to Terrestrial & Telestial Kingdom so he did not argue with them.

Did he also share the doctrine for Celestial kingdom it is not known since not all of the conversation is available?


1,342 posted on 02/28/2008 4:22:13 PM PST by restornu (Maybe your are a church mouse! cheese cheese...)>)
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To: restornu
Jesus gave the Pharisees and Sadducees the doctrine to Terrestrial & Telestial Kingdom so he did not argue with them.

Weeeelllll, this is new to me, where pray tell is this reference from?

1,343 posted on 02/28/2008 4:23:38 PM PST by Godzilla (My ancestors were humans. Sorry to hear about yours.)
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To: P-Marlowe
But they aren't pearls, are they? You don't hide them from the "pigs" because they are wonderful, you hide them because they are embarrassing. They are not pearls...they are nothing more than dried rabbit droppings.

Nice closing statement. Does the defense rest?

This juror is with you.

1,344 posted on 02/28/2008 4:25:48 PM PST by pby
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To: pby

you’ve got friends.
_____________________________________

My FRiend Gregg Garvey is talking to Mark right now...

Gregg’s wonmderful hero son, Justin, gave his life for his friends..

Comparing the devotion to duty of that patriotic American with the selfishness of Joseph Smith is like apples and oranges..

how anyone could think Joseph Smith is worth honoring is laughable..


1,345 posted on 02/28/2008 4:33:38 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: restornu

Jesus gave the Pharisees and Sadducees the doctrine to Terrestrial & Telestial Kingdom so he did not argue with them.
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Biblical source ?????


1,346 posted on 02/28/2008 4:35:26 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: restornu
Citations, please.

And don't use any sources related to any of those guys who spoke doctrine sometimes but not doctrine at other times (what do you guys call them...oh yeah, Mormon prophets!)

It seems to be impossible to differentiate when they are speaking revelation to you and when they are speaking as men to you...

1,347 posted on 02/28/2008 4:36:29 PM PST by pby
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To: restornu

Did he also share the doctrine for Celestial kingdom it is not known since not all of the conversation is available?
_____________________________________________

No, Jesus never mentioned a “doctrine for Celestial kingdom” because there is no such thing...


1,348 posted on 02/28/2008 4:38:20 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: restornu
You seem characterize every discussion that does not contain agreement with Mormon doctrine as an argument...

This is not necessarily accurate.

Will you tell me how a non-Mormon obtains salvation and receives the atonement of Jesus Christ, now?

1,349 posted on 02/28/2008 4:41:23 PM PST by pby
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To: Tennessee Nana

Thank God for patriots and heroes!


1,350 posted on 02/28/2008 4:42:33 PM PST by pby
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To: Tennessee Nana; Godzilla; pby; restornu; Elsie
Jesus gave the Pharisees and Sadducees the doctrine to Terrestrial & Telestial Kingdom so he did not argue with them.

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1,351 posted on 02/28/2008 5:03:06 PM PST by greyfoxx39 (Bill Richardson: Billions for boondoggles; Not one red cent for Jenny Craig.)
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To: Godzilla
Weeeelllll, this is new to me, where pray tell is this reference from?

I would like to know the answer to that myself.

I hope the answer is posted in English.


1,352 posted on 02/28/2008 5:07:18 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot

Silly you...

Those are secret family recipes..

If’n we-uns tell ya we-uns gotta shoot ya

:)


1,353 posted on 02/28/2008 5:12:01 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana
Silly you... Those are secret family recipes..

LOL - so is this one.


1,354 posted on 02/28/2008 5:13:29 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: Tennessee Nana

By Joe, I think you’re right!

It’s the secret Coca Cola recipe!!


1,355 posted on 02/28/2008 5:19:26 PM PST by bonfire
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To: SkyPilot

BIG BIG BIG LOVE.


1,356 posted on 02/28/2008 5:20:08 PM PST by bonfire
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To: pby

I guess that you mean you still need help. Find a good shrink. You need one.


1,357 posted on 02/28/2008 5:23:58 PM PST by Old Mountain man (Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
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To: pby

Because we don’t like dealing with liars.


1,358 posted on 02/28/2008 5:25:17 PM PST by Old Mountain man (Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
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To: pby; lady lawyer
And, Lady Lawyer, if you truly possess the truth, then you should be able to easily avoid "getting hooked" by providing a reasonable response to any question.
 
Ed and Harriet met while on a cruise, and Ed fell head
  over heels in love with her. On the last night of his
  vacation, the two of them went to dinner and had a
  serious talk about how they would continue their
  relationship.

  "It's only fair to warn you, I'm a total golf nut," Ed
  said to his lady friend. "I eat, sleep and breathe
  golf, so if that's a problem, you'd better say so
  now."

  Harriet responded, "If we're being honest with each
  other, here goes... I'm a hooker."

  "I see," Ed replied, and was quiet for a moment. Then
  he added, "You know, it's probably because you're not
  keeping your wrists straight when you tee off."

1,359 posted on 02/28/2008 5:26:54 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: pby

You are a PIG!!

But; it’s nothing PERSONAL!!


1,360 posted on 02/28/2008 5:28:31 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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