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by pilihp234 April 23, 2008 4:20 AM EDT
Does anyone outside of the Govt know what is going on in ElDorado, TX.? We are talking about so many issues no one has the facts straight.

Sexual,emotional and physical abuse of anyone is wrong and illegal. We all agree on that!

Where is the 16 year old girl? Were these 911 phone calls recorded? If so can we hear just one of them? Isn''t this the main reason the Texas Judge ordered the removal of these children? Do most of you know this is the 3rd or 4th removal of children from this group since 1948? This tactic does not seem to be working?

Why are FBI agents entering the FLDS Temple? Sure there probibly were church records in there. But is anyone for a Judge ordering Law Enforcement into a Baptist, Catholic or Methodist church or a Jewish synagogue? Change the name on the front door to Catholic or Baptisit and how many of us have issues with that?

Some facts:
FLDS compound occupants: 1000. Approx 300 could register to vote but have not.
Eldorado, TX. population approx 1950 people. None of whom are FLDS members.
Schleicher County population 2935, of which 1000 are FLDS members.

In 2003 a bunch of FLDS strangers moved to Eldorado. Strangers who could vote if they ever registered to do so. That could certainly upset the city and County politics!!!!!! Maybe some politicians were getting worried about their jobs? Like Judges, the County Commisioners, the Sheriff, City Council and any elected or appointted officials!
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by nymms9 April 23, 2008 2:43 AM EDT
In most states now men can marry men, womem can marry women(and oh yeah men and womem can still marry each other) so what''s the problem with a man or woman having more than one spouse so long as the parties are mutually consenting adults. But adults marrying or having *** with children who haven''t reached the legal age of consent is still against the law isn''t it?
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by homespunlady April 23, 2008 2:23 AM EDT
Who''s next?

The AMISH - THEY dress "funny", have "different beliefs" and DON''T send their children to GOVERNMENT RUN SCHOOLS.

The Japanese? OH, we ALREADY DID THAT during WWII and after DEMONIZING, CONFISCATING AND KILLING bunches of them DECADES later we "paid reparations".

The NATIVE AMERICANS?? OOPS WE DID DO THAT TO THEM - and EVEN MORE!! Taking their CHILDREN, their Culture and their lands and GUESS what our BUREAUCRATS ARE STILL DOING THAT to them with RELOCATION, TOXIC DUMPING and JACK ABRAMOFF''S kind of "deals".

Maybe the "high and Mighty" people ELITE that manipulate ASSUMPTIONS NEED a TASTE of their OWN ACTIONS.
There are a LOT of "SCARY DANGEROUS things" going on in those "gated communities" and McMansions too - let''s go in and CONFISCATE ALL THE KIDS so they can be "protected" by our so much "better" military-industrial complex!!

It''ll cut out those pesky rules that REAL PARENTS might use to stand in the way of TOTAL POPULATION CONTROL.

Didn''t HITLER USE THAT REASONING??
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by cpaide April 23, 2008 1:59 AM EDT
yes, and i am hope this is the last of this KLK (krazy lesbians kult) of this social workers and judge, but they will be back, maybe for your childrens this time.

and i recommend the following good and honest study for more information on the filthy violent nature of this KLK:

No More Secrets : Violence in Lesbian Relationships
http://www.amazon.com/No-

More-Secrets-Violence-Relationships/dp
/0
415929466/
"This study of abuse in lesbian relationships looks you in the eye and dares you to turn away. Far from being a prurient study of a fringe group of violent lesbians, this book demands that the queer community at large--afraid of straight disdain --recognize its accountability. No More Secrets illustrates that despite what many lesbian feminists believe, acts of violence are not committed solely by men."
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by homespunlady April 23, 2008 1:47 AM EDT
Then there is the "polygamy" question.

ISN''T DIVORCE and REMARRIAGE simply LEGALIZED POLYGAMY with a "catch" to get the SERIAL SPOUSE "off the hook" and quite often OUT OF the RESPONSIBILITY for their EARLIER SPOUSES and often the offspring of the earlier "marriage"????

What about Serial "one-night stands"?? ARE THEY BETTER even though THEY TOO PRODUCE OFFSPRING but the RESPONSIBILITY for the WELFARE of THOSE CHILDREN DOESN''T MATTER as MUCH???

WHY GLORIFY PROMISCUITY???

WHY not make PROMISCUITY ILLEGAL if we are going to make more than ONE at a time RESPONSIBLE MARRIAGE ILLEGAL??

If that''s the case PROMINENT PEOPLE - LIKE JOHN McCain COULD be considered "legal polygamists" as they followed the LOOPHOLES to enjoy MORE THAN ONE SEXUAL PARTNER at a time.

APPARENTLY ADULTERY or multiple Fornication partners DOESN''T COUNT????
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by homespunlady April 23, 2008 1:30 AM EDT
There''s blame to go ALL AROUND in this situation.

My problem with it is that there has been SO MUCH SMOKE AND MIRRORS PROPAGANDA put out about EVERYTHING lately that I DON''T TRUST ANYTHING the MAINSTREAM MEDIA SAYS ANYMORE.

Here are some of MY questions concerning this:

The DAY AFTER the story "broke" I heard an "official" announce that they had OVER 400 "CHILDREN AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION". ADVERTISING AVAILABILITY BEFORE even STARTING to look into it SMACKS OF "SELLING HEALTHY KIDS" NOT looking out for their best interest.

From what I''ve READ ON THE NET a 33 YEAR-OLD WOMAN in COLORADO SPRINGS (Ted Haggard''s Church or is it cult is there) with a HISTORY of FALSE ACCUSATIONS has apparently become a "person of interest" in the case.

The man "identified" and accused in this STILL UNFOUNDED ABUSE OF A 16 YEAR-OLD accusation apparently is and HAS BEEN in CALIFORNIA for over 2 YEARS.

ALL the schools in this area are OPENING DAYCARE CENTERS for the BABIES OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL MINOR STUDENTS!!! Yet, I have YET to see a "raid" to CONFISCATE THOSE "children"!!

There are young men that BRAG ABOUT the NUMBER of young GIRLS that they "knock-up" - some are sons of Prominent people and I have to shake my head at the IRONY when a 14 Year-old has a baby and some of these girls are even YOUNGER yet NO MALE is HELD RESPONSIBLE and the GIRL goes on to have another at 15 or 16.
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by kmmahler April 23, 2008 1:07 AM EDT
Now I am no rocket scientist but I do know the statistics about physical, sexual and psychological abuse in fosterhomes is quite high...These poor children are going to suffer even more if they are placed in foster care. Not only will they experience the typical abuse but they will be confused by finding everything they know is wrong....In my opinion, they need to figure out a way to return the children to their parents but have rotating court monitors living on the property until the kids are 18.
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by dluxmann April 23, 2008 12:29 AM EDT
Can''t We All Just Get Along?
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by mrsmiggins-2009 April 23, 2008 12:08 AM EDT
I don''t know whether I believe them, but we are supposed to presume that they are innocent until guilt has been proven, so like it or not--that is the law.

The idea that nursing mothers are about to be taken away from their infants makes ill. Can''t they be supervised?

I guess we are a society that shows no mercy, and because of the nature of the accusations, throw presumption of innocence out with the bathwater.

I was molested by a babysitter when I was very little, so I''m not taking the charges of abuse lightly. But it does bother me that they never found "Sarah" and the initial calls of abuse may have been phony.
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by tk1991-2009 April 22, 2008 10:23 PM EDT
In a brave new world where we hand out condoms to middle school students while praising free speech in the form of music and movies promoting promiscuity we now condemn these people? I would go as far to say the only reason they are not being celebrated is that religion is involved. Personally I think what they are doing is disgusting, but you can%u2019t ignore the double standards of society here.
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