Eldorado

The raids at the Texas compound of the polygamous Mormon sect FLDS shows their true allegiance was to sex, not God.  The Fundamentalist Mormon religion had beds in their temple where older men consummated their polygamous multiple marriages with underage girls.  Right there in the temple.  Girls were married off to older men as soon as they reached puberty.

Four hundred children, many of them pregnant, were hauled off the ranch by child welfare representatives.  Documents proving these polygamous arrangements were seized by law enforcement authorities.   Of course we've all known what was happening in these compounds.  Law enforcement was powerless to do anything without probable cause however.  You cannot simply march into someone's home and conduct a search without a warrant unless your name is George W. Bush.  Oh wait, yes you can, this is our new national security state.  Just say it's national security and do whatever you please...

Reports say that many of the children taken from the Yearning for Zion Ranch cannot even say who their parents are due tot he confusing nature of one man and twenty wives.  It appears to me these men weren't "yearning for zion" as much as they were yearning to use the beds in the temple.  We need stronger enforcement of laws prohibiting polygamy.

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[dl]

They were starved and put in closets for punishment. A lot of these religious nuts are all about preserving their right to abuse children and own women. It is not just mormons who use their children for self-gratification. Is there not enough evidence that religious fundamentals of any sect are sick?

[tyler]

Hey John, any kudos going out to AG Mukasey for not killing the kids when faced with a religious compound that was abusing kids the way a certain AG did who will remain nameless (and drunk)?

It was done without tanks rolling over bodies, no CS gas or concussion grenades.

How about a "atta boy!"

Or should have he called in the heavy artillery the way Machine Gun Janet did?

have a great day :)

[John Morgan]

Mukasey and the DOJ are not involved in this matter. The group isn't violent, are not threatening violence and have not set their own compound on fire. They are not shooting at federal agents nor are they threatening federal agents. There's no comparison at all to Waco.

[tyler]

Right...because in this case our AG isnt 3 martinis deep by 10am.

[John Morgan]

I think it has more to do with the fact no federal laws are involved, as yet. Mukasey is too busy committing war crimes.