FLDS Parents Could Face Charges for Abandoning their "Lost Boys"

KCPW News ^ | February 14, 2008

[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.

[SkyPilot]

Your babblings denied.

When will you learn sir that we are not members of your organization who can be ordered around and intimidated by your authoritarian tactics and postures.

"Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, "by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus." And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Acts 4:29-31

[pby]

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As meaningless as this defense technique is...it is a step up from:

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[Tennessee Nana]

Everything you posted pby about Rev. Graham not even permitting himself to be alone in a room with another woman has been documented and verified by countless witnesses, but it doesn’t matter to Mormons.
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Yes, this is how a man or woman of God really acts...

being careful in these areas is important...

Not only the leaders in Christianity, but all Christians should be careful in their interactions with members of the opposite sex who are not their spouse or relative,,,

[Old Mountain man]

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[Religion Moderator]

Final warning.

DISCUSS THE ISSUES ALL YOU WANT, BUT DO NOT MAKE IT PERSONAL.

Attributing motives and reading minds are "making it personal."

[Tennessee Nana]

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If I ever do babble, I’ll let you know...

Meanwhile, my facts cannot be denied...

In fact, Joseph Smith KNEW that he was doing wrong..

He told the girls to keep the sexual abuse a secret from Emma, his wife, and others...

Typical MO of a pedophile..

“Dont tell anyone...just our little dirty secert..”

Imagine if Joseph Smith lived today, with the Internet..

He would be an Internet pedophile...

[Godzilla]

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Again, from the mouth of an expert babbler :)

[pby]

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE DESK OF THE MORMIN PRESIDENT:

When, in your missionary or apologetic efforts, you have been completely overwhelmed by historical facts and quotes (especially direct quotes from our former prophets), that demonstrate our religion to be a fraud...Respond in this manner:

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Warning: If you have already attempted to momentarily stave off the onslaught of historical facts and quotes by procaliming that the opposing gentiles are not God and cannot make pronouncements and judgements...this tactic might also be ineffective.

If you have used this tactic, we will get back to you, in the very near future, with another tactic (BUT, IN THE MEANTIME...JUST BE SILENT - CEASE ALL INTERACTION WITH THE GENTILES!!!!)

[Old Mountain man]

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[Old Mountain man]

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[Old Mountain man]

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