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  • Summer movies: 'Sons of Perdition' profiles FLDS exiles

    05/01/2010 4:56:47 AM PDT · by Colofornian · 7 replies · 290+ views
    Salt Lake Tribune ^ | April 30, 2010 | Sean P. Means
    It's estimated that more than a thousand young men and women -- mostly men -- have escaped or been thrown out of the community known as "The Crick," the towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., dominated by the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints sect. Getting those young adults to talk about their lives in and out of "The Crick" was difficult, say the filmmakers who have profiled some of those exiled teens for the documentary "Sons of Perdition." "The kids are taught that everyone outside their community is evil, especially those in the media," said Tyler Measom, who co-directed...
  • Why Polygamy Should Be Legalized

    05/10/2006 10:35:10 PM PDT · by albrock · 91 replies · 3,699+ views
    ALBROCK Blog ^ | May 11, 2006 | Alex Bastardas
    Why Polygamy Should Be Legalized Lately, with the FBI's decision to add polygamy sect leader Warren Jeffs to the Most Wanted list, many shows (Anderson Cooper, America's Most Wanted...) have extensively reported on this particular sect. Polygamy in the United States is forbidden. That, believe it or not, is what causes all the problems and what helps arise dangerous sects like the FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). How so? Well, Imagine you are a fundamentalist Mormon (NOT a member of that sect) and as such you believe that polygamy is right and you decide...
  • Arizona, Utah teens flee polygamy towns along border

    01/19/2004 10:38:45 AM PST · by jmcclain19 · 9 replies · 246+ views
    <p>The anticipated exodus of teenage girls from the strife-torn, polygamist communities of Colorado City and Hildale, Utah, began in earnest this weekend as about 10 fanned out to towns in southern Utah seeking protection, anti-polygamy activists said Sunday.</p> <p>The movement followed a ruling by a Maricopa County juvenile court judge late Friday that two 16-year-old teens from Colorado City, who had fled to the Valley last week, would be allowed to stay in foster homes rather than remain in state custody.</p>