[PennsylvaniaMom]

Please do explain how the government was violating their rights prior to this raid.

I am not sure of your question? In none of my postings have I ever stated that TX violated their 'rights.' My thoughts are they should have gone in earlier, but I accept that they 'watched' and waited til they finally rec'd a 'cry for help' (the cell phone call from the 16 y/o girl the shelter hot line).

[najida]

I think the issue is their constitutional rights as citizens were being violated by the group (like with slavery). And the government intervened.

[Gondring]

none of my postings have I ever stated that TX violated their 'rights.'

You mentioned that their "Constitutional rights" were violated...I assumed you meant the Federal government, not TX, actually. (The Constitution is a limit on the government.* Therefore, you were stating that the government violated their rights.)

Now, if you are referring to violations of their natural-law rights by others, such as saying they were imprisoned, etc., then these are crimes, just like the sexual acts with children are crimes. And there are procedures for prosecuting the criminals.

But so far, there haven't been charges of such.



*Can you imagine if they applied in private dealings!?

"Did you take a cookie from the cookie jar, Gondring?"

"I am asserting my Fifth Amendment privilege...oh, and I demand my right to a jury trial!"

> :-)