Children Return to Polygamist Cult- Just in Time for June Wedding Season

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Children Return to Polygamist Cult- Just in Time for June Wedding Season

Ridiculopathy on June 2, 2008

SAN ANGELO, TX- Bells are ringing in the Lone Star state on this joyous day. The Texas high court ruled last week that more than 400 children removed from the Yearning for Zion polygamist ranch weeks ago may be returned to their parents- and not a moment too soon since many of them have made arrangements for lavish June weddings. For 12 year old Wanda Mann and her octogenarian shared-husband-to-be, the ruling means that they won't have to postpone their nuptials after all and, mort importantly, they won't lose the deposit on the reception hall at Chuck E. Cheese.

"I hated the thought that we'd have to put this off even for a day," said her intended. "People started saying that I had a fear of commitment because I waited so long to propose to her but I really wanted to make sure she was the one- well, one of the ones. You get the idea."

...Texas prosecutors had ordered the children removed over concerns that they were being abused but on this glorious day during which more than two dozen very young girls were married off with and without their consent, no one could see any evidence of such mistreatment.

"As we all know youth is a state of mind," said jailed FLDS leader Warren Jeffs. "And many of these fundamentalist Mormon girls are very mature for their age. You can't blame a guy for marrying one or two of them without checking ID. Some of these twelve year olds, you'd swear they were fourteen."

...more at the link

[jojo54]

1. Remember the pics of Brooke Shields in the bathtub

when she was 12? She looked 21! It was bad enough that her mother allowed these pics to be published, but at least she didn't let her daughter marry and have babies by the time she was 14.

I'm hoping this whole mess doesn't put a strain on the Bill of Rights and fall right into the hands of r/w loyalists before Nov.

[depakid]

2. I can't say this surprises me at all.

Texas is one sick state with a sick set of laws.

This is why it attracts so many fundies of all persuasions.

[uppityperson]

3. Thank you for posting this. k&r with sadness.