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I was skeptical about this as well... yeah yeah I know I'm skeptical about a lot of things but I've totally lost faith in the people running our country at the moment.

It seems to me they are trying to do away with communities that are self sufficient... is the Amish next?

sorry for the double post... you can delete that... also I noticed the man they are accusing the abuse on was in a totally different State and his probation officer said he checks in frequently, no indication he was even in Texas at the time of the reported abuse.

Oh, and being only 16, the girl will be protected from the public.

The people who do this honestly don't think this is wrong?!

The children need a new place to call home and so do the adult women. They've been brainwashed and need help.

Those people are an entirely different breed of most human beings! What kind of mother would ALLOW her own daughter to be raped? What kind of woman would share her husband with several other women? That's just warped!

This is really tough to enforce in a nation that allegedly has freedom of religion. Many religions around the world practice polygamy.. including Islam which is one of the top religions of the world. Other religions and customs the daughters have fixed marriages, the parents choose who they are to marry.

I guess the question comes down to this... do we want to have freedom of religion in America and by banning the religious customs are we forcing secular Christianity beliefs on other religions?

There is a big difference between brain washing and the customs you grew up with.

You're only Christian because your parents were Christian. If you were born to Muslim parents you would most likely be Muslim.. and so forth. It's the ideas, beliefs, customs you were raised on.

Brainwashing is taking an adult and changing their beliefs and morals. Did this community leader "Brain Wash" these people or is this their religion that their parents raised them on? From what I understand this community practices the old original Mormon religion. Of course from the rhetoric we heard during the primary elections on the Mormon religion that's popular today even that was called a cult by Christians. I guess any religion that is not Christianity to some people is considered a "Cult".

Hmmm. Having sex with a child of 16. Let me think here,,,,I went into the military at 17 and girls are getting pregnant all the time at a younger age...Jerry Lee Lewis married his COUSIN at I believe to be 13. Some states had laws a while back where you could marry a teen with no problem; I believe Louisiana had the most lenient law. I've got to look the current laws up. See ya in a little while.

The only people who WANT to live this way are the MEN who have created these societies. The women and children are brainwashed into this way of life and those who wish to leave live in fear of being caught trying to escape.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_re_us/polygam
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If you go to the above link, the women don't seem to be held against their will.

Zbert is right, their major crime does seem to be that they don't want government to interfere with their lives. Also, that they are self sufficient enough to not need government in any way shape or form.