Comments on: Polygamy Sect Mom's Newborn In Custody

Teen Mother's Second Son, Born This Week, Is In The Custody Of The State

[papabc]

What the state is doing is WRONG.

I hope the Mother get a good lawyer and wins BIG TIME.

But then again all that group wants is to be left alone and live their live.

Free of Religion is not free in TEXAS and may not be that for long in the USSR(United States Socialist RepubliK) for long.

The state will tell you what you can and can not believe.

[tinaleann-2009]

amazing how opinions set people off. yes I do believe these kids would be better off in a differant family setting than being married off at these young ages, and forced to have *** with these grose old men. I know I wouldnt want my daughter to be forced to get married at such a young age, how grose. and there are good families out there that DONT ABBUSE THERE ADOPTED KIDS, get a fricking clue momjackson

[markcfl1]

Hmmm, according to bear10428, a 15 year old in Texas can be charged for a crime as an adult. Kind of a double standard when it comes to marriage.

[summarex]

Wow!
I keep thinking, if these polygamists had responded like Branch Davidians and by shooting at those idiots and holding their ground long enough, the warrant would have been exposed as a fraud and the government thugs would have had to leave with their tails between their legs!

[quetzal0666]

Locking up a 1 day old, thats texas fer ya pardner....

[momjackson]

What is wrong with us? all of these kids are probably more healthy than most of any of us. They don''t need to be placed with other families that have no ides how to grow their own food or build their own homes. Most of these people they are being placed with are *** offenders that have yet to be cought. About 75% who take in kids are ok but the rest either beat the kids, neglect them, or sexually abuse them, or physically abuse them but because they are state certified and listed by social services they are quote unquote the better place to put these kids. DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!!!GET TO KNOW THE FACTS AND THEN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS!!!!!!!! Wake up USA this is a bad dream that we need to change. How can u b so judgemental and say these kids are any better off where they are now than they were in the beginning. Who is going to follow up on all of these placed children or are they just going to get lost in the system?

[bear10428]

No seven yr old was charged with a crime in relation to this story. You cannot be charged in Texas under the age of 10.
As to the men they are still at the compound! It is my understanding that they are being investigated and the DNA test could play a factor in the investigations and if charges are to be filed.
I read where the men run their rock quarry and const. companies, but the women and children take care of the houses, yards, gardens and such. But the women do all the cooking, cleaning, etc.

[markcfl1]

To FloydZepp- none, thanks for falling for my trap, IDIOT.

[tinaleann-2009]

im really confused!!!! what 7 yr old boy are you all talking about, I think iv missed something in the story, all though I think this religion is so grose on so many levels. these men are no more than a petifile. they should have the books thrown at them. these kids should be placed in good homes, theres lots of famlies that would love to have them, they need a chance at a real life, instead of being brain washed by these sicko,s

[psk123-2009]

Funny how of all the stories written about these people, not one mention the fathers/husbands other than the occational MIA/whereabouts unknown/can''t be found statement.

Where are these guys? Surely these women and girls did not get pregnant all by themselves. (I don''t believe for a second that God knocked them all up!) Also, with NO men around, just how do these women support all these kids? Takes money to buy food, clothes, and everything else one uses in their day to day life and raising children.

[bear10428]

In most states the age to be charged with a crime is 10 and then they are charged under juvenile law. In Texas it is 10 to 14 will be under juvenile law and 15 above you can be charged as an adult depending on the crime. Such as murder.

[bear10428]

We are a nation of laws. If you don''t like the law you work thru the democratic process to change that law.
When you live here you have to follow the law. It''s part of being an american.
The law says children inder the age of 15 do not have the capacity to care for themselves. It is up to the parents to protect their children. Just because your religion says it''s ok to "marry" underage children does not make it right.
Would you as a father want some "prophet" to come to you and say that your 13,14,15 or 16 year old daughter is now ready to be married and then married to an old man? I know I wouldn''t. I would have to protect my daughter. The issue was not how many wives they had, but the age at which they were marrying and having children!
From reading and listening to this story it seems apparent that DFPS had enough information to show a judge that what they did was backed by some type of evidence. I also read where these folks were lyinh about their names and birthdates. Now why do you think that was? It was to conceal the fact that these "prophets" were marrying underage children. Why do you think DNA tests were ordered. They don''t really know how old and what the birthdates are on all these folks, not just the children. Some of the children don''t even know if they are with their real moms and dads. So who do you return the children to?
DFPS is not persecuting these folks just trying to stop child abuse.

[fabrat1]

tonic1661.... HUH?? what 7 year old was charged with a felony??? What state are we talking about here??

[fabrat1]

psy_war... I''m with you.... how can other not see that this is wrong on so many levels????

[tonic1661]

I do not understand that if a child is a child and cannot think for itself then why are 7 year olds charged with felonies as has occurred within the last week.

The law cannot have it both ways.

[fabrat1]

You have to understand that in order to keep the mother and child together the state had to take custody of the child. The mother ir already in the custody of the state and if the child wasn''t then they wouldn''t be able to stay together.....

[magoo2u1]

"The women are just as culpable as their multiple, pervert-husbands. They aided and abetted. All the adults in this Mormon splinter group therefore very badly need jail. Now."

Regardless of your opinion, the underage female did not commit a crime. The male did. The removal of the newborn is unwarranted. The basis of the law is the underage girl CANNOT make the decision to have *** as she is not capable of thinking on that level as she is a child. SHE is blameless. on top of the crime of the cult leading her into underage *** the state is stealing her child. Where does the kid go for help? Under the law she is a child. the state should be helping her.

[fabrat1]

alexma50085 ...it didn''t say they took the kid away from it''s mother it''s just a ward of the state now just as the mother is. This was they CAN stay together...did you not read the whole story??? I guess not... they said the young mothers are being placed WITH their very young children!!!

[tonic1661]

These people have lived like this for over 100 years. At the time that their sect was founded, marrying young girls was a legal practice ...even as recently as the 1950''s.

My mother married my father in 1951, he was 19 and she was 16. They were both from nice families. My mother was pregnant.

I am glad they did get married and bore me. Otherwise I would not be here.

Just because society says that now it is a law it does not mean that other societies must be what we are. Other cultures still marry young. We let this sect society exist and now it is right to take their children. I don''t think so.

The majority of these children have been taken without just cause. They are fishing for reasons and that is not how the law operates.

[alexma50085]

This is insane. How dare the state of Texas take this baby away from his mother! Shame on you for turning the victims of this case into the monsters. This is what happens when the state takes control of people that have lived their whole life in service and don''t question authority. Their rights are abused by the state, because the victims won''t speak up for themselves. Just as they were taught there whole lives. Hopefully, these women and children get some crack-shot lawyers that can bankrupt the state of Texas for the states continual blunders during this case.