I dont know Fatima. It sure feels like a witch hunt.
Why? Most peole realize that this is a fringe cult. If we think kids are being abused..let’s check it out. If no evidence found then the state owes a big apology to these people. If even a part of it is true though...they need to be rounded , thrown in jail and this compound disbanded.
I think the constant harassment of religious conservatives makes us sensitive to the idea any action against a group referring to itself as a religion, particularly one calling itself a Christian religion.
But if you have been following the actions of the FLDS as long as I have (over a decade now) you have probably been wondering why, exactly, nothing was being done to protect the children.
We always wonder about things done “for the children” but, sometimes, there is a need to act. I know you have no reason to trust or believe me, but I will tell you that the massive amounts of information I have seen on the FLDS shows that this is far from a witch hunt.
I still think they should have been nailed for the welfare and tax fraud they’ve committed for decades, which would have made their activity financially unsupportable, and which is entirely undeniable.