Racist FLDS Cult Surfaces in New Location

[marmar]

from AlterNet's PEEK:



Racist FLDS Cult Surfaces in New Location

Posted by Jan Frel, AlterNet at 8:15 PM on May 18, 2008.

A top aide to imprisoned fundamentalist Mormon polygamist leader Warren S. Jeffs has purchased $2 million worth of property in Colorado.



WESTCLIFFE, Colo. -- A top aide to imprisoned fundamentalist Mormon polygamist leader Warren S. Jeffs has purchased $2 million worth of property in five locations along the remote eastern flank of the rugged Sangre De Cristo Mountains about 175 miles southwest of Denver, Hatewatch has learned.

Men, women and children members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or FLDS, are occupying at least three of the properties. Their presence is causing anxiety among neighbors and public officials unsure how to react to the presence of a racist sect known to coerce underage girls into plural marriages.

"Quite frankly, we don't know what to do," said Custer County Sheriff Fred Jobe. "We are definitely aware that they here but until they break some laws, there isn't much that we can do."

The real estate purchases by Lee A. Steed, a senior member of the FLDS, constitute the largest known cluster of land holdings outside of the FLDS-controlled communities of Colorado City, Ariz. and adjacent Hildale, Utah. Mr. Steed paid $725,000 cash to acquire two of the properties, real estate records show.

From the Southern Poverty Law Center:

County commissioner Dick Downey said government officials have been quietly observing the influx of FLDS into the community but have not made it publicly known. But rumors abound in this small town and adjacent Silver Cliff, Colo., with a combined population about 1,000.

“We are concerned because of the various reports that we have received and the media exposure we have seen about this group in the last few months,” Downey said. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/85745/

[eleny]

1. oh swell.

[lonestarnot]

2. Just like pissants they.

[Bobbieo]

3. They multiply through incest - I'm certain the mentality of that bunch leaves much to be desired.

Those poor women and kids!!!!

[uppityperson]

4. Keep a close eye on them and have a plan in place if/when action is deemed necessary.

[Neshanic]

5. Just do what Arizona does. Ignore them for years, and let Texas of all states do the right thing.