So the State of Texas should be cool with underage teenage girls being forced into marriage and unwillingly raped by aged geezers?
So the State of Texas should be cool with underage teenage girls being forced into marriage and unwillingly raped by aged geezers?
Turns out, many of the "disputed" minors are adults after all, a point CPS hasn't conceded until now. One of the "girls" is actually 27 years old.Polygamist 'girls' surprise investigators (http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/21/1049578.aspx)
Now that there are only maybe 23 underage teenage wives, that is not too many.
My position is that Jeffs is a pederast and a creep and has been tried and sent away for it.
I suppose that we should just allow old geezers to force teenage girls into marriage forever. Why not?
Of course, the homeschooling that all the young people get is entirely adequate for their sicko community, so we should just let them all go back to their interesting medieval culture.
I suppose that one could ask, "How much in taxes would you be willing to pay so these people can continue in their lifestyle?"
The state alleged that 31 women ages 14 to 17 were pregnant, mothers or both, a count that included 26 mothers whose ages were disputed. As of noon Thursday, just eight mothers remained in the disputed category. [...] The state also alleged that ranch residents, members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, have physically abused and emotionally neglected their children. No evidence of either has been presented in the dozens of individual hearings held so far this week. [...] David Barlow Steed came to Texas to help support his sister, Lori,whose child is now in state custody. When he arrived at the courthouse, a baliff wrote his name on charging papers identifying him as the father of his sister's child. Just like that, Steed, who has never lived in Texas or been to the YFZ Ranch, found himself embroiled in the case. Weatherby planned to sign a document releasing Steed from the case Thursday afternoon. |