More FLDS shenanigans in Canada

“This has been a very complex issue.  It’s been with us for well over 20 years. The problem has always been the defense of religion has always been raised.”
Oppal said some legal experts have believed that a charge for practising polygamy wouldn’t withstand a Charter of Rights challenge over the issue of freedom of religion.
“I’ve [...]

What kind of parents marry off their own 12 year old daughter?

In previous filings, CPS officials have presented records, including excerpts from Jeffs’ journals, that indicate the girl was married to Jeffs when she was 12 years old. Jeffs is the jailed leader of the FLDS, a breakaway Mormon sect that practices polygamy.
Those records indicated that the marriage ceremony was performed by the teen’s father, Frederick [...]

FLDS welfare fraud – maybe not so much

Allegations that members of a southern Utah polygamous sect are guilty of widespread welfare fraud were raised repeatedly this summer during a U.S. Senate judiciary committee hearing.
via Facts don’t fit claims of FLDS welfare fraud.
I find this article interesting.  It seems the facts do not support the allegations, at least in this case.  Which is [...]

This opinion brings up issues…

FLDS relies on public-welfare money.
I agree 100 percent that the FLDS and other like minded cults are wrong.  They do utilize secular government to help feed and even fund their organizations.  If these people are indeed receiving welfare or other government money, then it should stop, or they should start accepting the law of the [...]

While poorly executed, Texas raid on FLDS might have some positive outcomes

However, it’s crucial to remember the big picture here: Some innocent kids were no doubt spared harm by the intervention of Texas authorities in this tragic situation.
Other kids now better understand how they have been and are being exploited. Their recovery and escape from this manipulative sect may well be speeded up.
Finally, other sick “spiritual” [...]

FLDS: another pedophelia cult…maybe they should move to Saudi Arabia.

Nearly two-thirds of the families living at a polygamist group’s ranch — targeted in a high-profile raid last spring — had children who were abused or neglected, Texas child welfare authorities conclude in a new report.
The Department of Family and Protective Services said that 12 girls, ages 12 to 15, were sexually abused “with the [...]