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To: JRochelle
It beats what they were served over 50 years ago when they were investigated.

Short Creek 1953

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Living the Principle: Short Creek 1953

Just before dawn on July 26, 1953, more than 120 Arizona police officers descended on Short Creek in what then Gov. Howard Pyle called "a momentous police action against insurrection." They found residents of the polygamist community, who had been tipped off about the raid, gathered at the schoolhouse, singing. In days that followed, families were lined up outside their homes and photographed.

477 posted on 04/06/2008 2:57:05 PM PDT by repinwi
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To: repinwi

http://www.sltrib.com/polygamy

Mormons sure devote a lot of attention to polygamy. Check out that link.


487 posted on 04/06/2008 3:10:36 PM PDT by ansel12 (If your profit margin relies on criminality to suppress wages, then you deserve to be out.)
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