"The Yearning for Zion ranch, owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was raided two weeks ago by state authorities in search of a 16-year-old girl who claimed her husband beat and raped her.

 

Child welfare officials have removed all 416 children living there from the custody of their parents. The 16-year-old has yet to be found."

 

 

Just as an unspoken rule, people tend to hate, loathe, abhor, utterly despise anything that isn't like them... anything that doesn't fit the "norm", and will go to great lengths to squash out what they disapprove. With that being said, I hope Children's Protective Services in Eldorado,Texas burns in hell...  and I said that without batting an eyelash. Let me explain:

 

I do NOT have a problem with them conducting an investigation regarding the Eldorado, Texas religious sect that may or may not be abusing their children. However, I do have a problem with the way the state, county... whoever is in charge of this "investigation', is going aobut their business at hand.

 

I was watching the "Today Show" this morning, where one of the sect-families said they have five kids. Two kids are in one part of Texas. Two more are in another part of Texas, and one is off alone in yet another part of Texas. The mother said she literally has children at the top of Texas and the bottom of Texas, "and Texas is a pretty big state." One daughter is 23-years-old and is being held against her will because "authorities" don't believe she is 23. Her mother gave documentation to support the girl's age, and they simply disregarded it. Another child has not been assigned a case worker and, because of this, has not had visitation with her parents since this entire ordeal started.

 

Is everyone guilty of child abuse and polygamy? Are the male children in danger too? Wouldn't it have been easier, and a lot better, to establish a No-Contact order against the men than remove all the children? How well was this bullshit thought out? Or is it that because these people are so different from the "norm" that no one cares how humanely or inhumanely they are treated?

 

*sniff..... sniff.....*

Do you smell that? ... smells like smoke.

 

 

 

 
   

 


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whatethelsays on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
I'm totally with you on this one. They need to leave the kids on the compound, establish a no contact order and have authorities present. I don't know what is going on in the compound (apparently neither do the authorities) but this is a friggin' mess. Right or wrong, the life they lead in the surroundings they have is what they know.
twentypearls94 on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
In most states, when a child is taken from their parents, the agency is supposed to keep that child in the same county. They have these kids spread out all over the state... of Texas no less. I just don't think the county/state is treating these people very fair. When a radical sect of government-hating polygamist spring up in Texas about 20 years from now, don't be surprised.
whatethelsays on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
Oh, I'm on it. Having moved to Texas, I still feel like I haven't connected yet. After all, I have no bathtub to drown children in and my kids won't fit in the microwave. (I checked.) And I've declared myself perpetually single so I have no opportunity to go slay my lover's lover...so I'm starting a cult. I'm not sure what it will be about, I just know there is going to be a great big gold statue of me. 
twentypearls94 on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
I'll be your first, loyal member... master.
whatethelsays on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
Great. Now put on your tinfoil hat and let's go sit on the roof and wait for the mothership to come back.
twentypearls94 on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
will you have red punch too?

whatethelsays on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
god no- we do jello shots! 
mamachameleon on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
Thank you for putting my thoughts into words. I've been watching this closely, and it reeks of unfair treatment.
(Of course, if the kids were in danger, they had to do something. But this is just cruelty to the victims.)
twentypearls94 on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
That's the feeling I got this morning when I was listening to them. It's just ridiculous that they have to travel the entire state of Texas to see all their kids. The woman said she was told they'd keep the siblings together. It appears they are doing a lot more damage in the name of justice.
mamachameleon on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
Well, it's the American Way. 
justjames on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
Ignoring the US Constitution is old hat for these clowns. The only thing that surprises me here is that they didn't burn the place down or kill anyone.
twentypearls94 on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
Oh my goodness, how true. I didn't even think about those things.
shadeofgray on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
Well said. State officials have an obligation to protect children against abuse. However, such actions should not be indiscriminately targeted against a group as a whole – particularly when the group is perceived as being different or unusual. Actions should be based on concrete evidence of harm and not based upon prejudice.
twentypearls94 on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
Exactly! One girl... who can't be found... caused all this trouble... and fled. Hmmmmmm.
It also appears that the authorities have been after this group for at least ten years or more now.
myclette on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
I have no idea why they are shaking down the women and children anyway.  If the men are accused of doing this, why haven't they been looking for them? As for splitting them up, I think they've just added more scars to these kid's lives.  Shame on them! SHAME!
twentypearls94 on
Re: How about we just burn them at the stake and be done with it???
Yep. It seems like they are doing more hurt than good in the long run.

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