Men From Polygamy Sect Speak Posted: 6 months ago by coldbladed
Many of the men in the polygamist sect in Eldorado, Texas didn't know it is illegal to marry someone under 18, one of them tells Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez in an exclusive interview.
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Court: Texas Wrongly Seized Polygamist Sect Children Posted: 5 months ago by ybcool
"A state appellate court ruled Thursday that child welfare officials had no right to seize hundreds of children from a polygamist sect's ranch on April 3."
the saga continues...
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Investigator says girls pregnant in polygamist sect Posted: 6 months ago by MeMe
After hours of lawyers popping up with similar objections and questions, a custody hearing for 416 children seized from a polygamist sect finally turned to whether they were abused: A child welfare worker said some women at the sect's ranch may have had children when they were minors, some as young as 13.
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Polygamist Sect Leader Accused of Child Sex Assault Posted: 3 months ago by maxriter
The imprisoned leader of a polygamist sect along with other five men arrested earlier this year in Texas have been accused of child sex assault.
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Court Orders Return of Sect Children to Parents Posted: 4 months ago by cb__
Can you say 'fiasco'?
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Time to end abuse, welfare fraud in polygamist clans Posted: 6 months ago by DerAlt
Polygamist families are taught that welfare was instituted by God to assist them. Thus, wives who are not technically married as the first wife file for welfare by stating that their husband has left them and refuses to pay child support. In effect, polygamy is cheating the honest citizens of this state out of millions of tax dollars.
This is Utah but is typical of polygamist wefare abuse in other states as well.
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Girl, 14, forced to wed cousin Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The leader of the largest US polygamist sect who arranged a marriage between a 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old cousin, told the girl it was her religious duty to give herself "mind, body and soul" to her husband.
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Abuse Probed at Polygamist Compound in Texas Posted: 6 months ago by deEPCHill
Until the raid on their compound last week, the women and girls of the Yearning for Zion Ranch spent their days caring for its many children [400+], tilling gardens and quilting, dressed in pioneer-style dresses sewn by their own hands.
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Look from inside Texas polygamist ranch Posted: 6 months ago by deEPCHill
The children's shoes still sit neatly, side by side where they last left them. Child-sized shovels and miniature wheelbarrows sit on the porch of their three-story, log cabin-like home.
The only noise now emanating from this 1,700-acre compound is the rustle of the wind, birds chirping, the occasional scurry of a roadrunner or a truck traveling along the dirt roads.
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Officials: 31 of 53 girls from sect ranch have been pregnant Posted: 5 months ago by deEPCHill
This whole story continues to blow my mind.
Update to this, this, this, this, this, this, and this. Probably a couple others, too.
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Creepy Chat With Polygamist Moms Surfaces on YouTube Posted: 6 months ago by ybcool
this is difficult to watch... an interview with three of the mothers taken during the raid on the polygamist sect. their take on the raid, freedom, and their lifestyles almost in unison.
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Polygamous sect launches clothing line Posted: 3 months ago by mutil8or
The raid by Texas authorities on a reclusive polygamous sect in April has had an unexpected consequence - the launch of a new clothing line.
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CaptiveFLDSChildren.org: site created by the FLDS people Posted: 6 months ago by ybcool
pictures and video of the raid as it happened...
"This site was created by the FLDS people to help the innocent children that were living at the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Texas."
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"One State, Under God." Texas adds four new words to state pledge Posted: 1 year ago by ReBoot
Texas students will have four more words to remember when they head back to class this month and begin reciting the state's pledge of allegiance.
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52 Girls Removed From Texas Compound Posted: 6 months ago by indisguise
Officials from Texas Child Protective Services, escorted by state troopers, took 52 girls, ages 6 months to 17 years, from the remote retreat on Friday afternoon.
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