I just watched a couple of videos on ABCnews.com showing Polygamist cult member mothers crying over the loss of their children. I’m really torn about this issue. I can’t imagine what it must be like for the government to sweep in and take your children away from you. These women must be devastated and suffering horribly. They are probably wondering what kind of a country do they live in, where it’s okay to take someone’s children based on their religious beliefs.
On the other hand, are these children in any kind of actual danger? There are allegations of, what basically amounts to child rape. Girls as young as 14 are forced to marry sometimes much older men, and must immediately consummate the “marriage.” There’s a special bed right in the temple for such use - they don’t even have to wait to go home. Also, there was something about the video I just watched that was very disturbing to me. The “crying” women were all dry-eyed, dabbing at dry, clear eyes with tissue while making pitiful, mournful crying sounds. It as if they were all being drama queens to garner sympathy. Why else would they have allowed cameras onto a compound that is closed to “outsiders?” One woman spoke of a little boy who was taken away with Down’s syndrome and Hershberg disease. I have to wonder, while looking at these people, how many children are afflicted with diseases that could have been prevented had they not been so inbred? I'm sorry, but the women all looked, well, just a little off. Kind of inbred.
At any rate, there’s no easy solution to this situation. I just hope the CSP in Texas really thought this out before they raided.
On the other hand, are these children in any kind of actual danger? There are allegations of, what basically amounts to child rape. Girls as young as 14 are forced to marry sometimes much older men, and must immediately consummate the “marriage.” There’s a special bed right in the temple for such use - they don’t even have to wait to go home. Also, there was something about the video I just watched that was very disturbing to me. The “crying” women were all dry-eyed, dabbing at dry, clear eyes with tissue while making pitiful, mournful crying sounds. It as if they were all being drama queens to garner sympathy. Why else would they have allowed cameras onto a compound that is closed to “outsiders?” One woman spoke of a little boy who was taken away with Down’s syndrome and Hershberg disease. I have to wonder, while looking at these people, how many children are afflicted with diseases that could have been prevented had they not been so inbred? I'm sorry, but the women all looked, well, just a little off. Kind of inbred.
At any rate, there’s no easy solution to this situation. I just hope the CSP in Texas really thought this out before they raided.
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