The State of Texas CPS is trying to remove eight children from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at the Yearning for Zion Ranch. It seems their mothers are not abiding by the agreement to keep them away from those men who practice and promote underage marriage. Well, gee, isn't that every man there?
I don't know why any court thought the mothers would keep those agreements anyway. These people are brainwashed. They believe their immortal souls depend on doing what "Father" Warren Jeffs tells them to do. If you think you and your children will be doomed to hell if you don't live in a harem and force your daughters to marry at age 12, then you'll probably live in a harem and force your daughters to marry at age 12 no matter what the courts say.
One 10-year-old child says she and her sister were brought to the ranch a couple of years ago in the middle of the night. She does not know where her mother is. When she asks about her, she is told that it's none of her business. Sect records show the mother was married to Merril Jessop in 2004, and that she has abandoned her daughters. If I were the police, I'd track that woman down. She's probably lying in a grave somewhere in the Arizona desert.
Everytime I read about this thing, my heart just breaks for those young girls who have known nothing else. A 14-year-old who has been married to leader Warren Jeffs for two years says that the marriages are "pure." "This can't be a crime because heavenly Father is the one that tells Warren when a girl is ready to get married and that he is only following the word of Heavenly Father." God has reserved a really hot spot in Hell for Warren Jeffs!
But not to worry -- Lloyd Barlow, one of the six men indicted last month for forcing children to marry and have sex, was asked what a young woman could do if she were the victim of domestic violence. "The church elders would handle the situation," was the reply. And we all know how those "church elders" would handle the situation. They'd tell the woman to "be sweet" and go back to her abusive husband. It's my bet that's what happened to that missing mother.
"State wants 8 kids back." The Dallas Morning News; August 6, 2008; p. 1A.
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LOL. The "missing" mother is Ellen Young and she is the one who told CPS their "safety plan" is an "insult to common sense" because they refuse to allow her daughters to visit with their step father and aunt, neither of whom are indicted or charged with any crime.
Also, FYI, those alleged marriages with underage girls were in all likelihood not consummated. The girls were betrothed or "sealed" early, as is the FLDS custom in rare circumstances (such as during times of persecution).
Also, the majority of the families never engaged in or knew about the alleged underage marriages the state keeps harping on. Even the state knows this, that's why CPS just dismissed 32 cases for lack of evidence, and why all 430+ kids were sent back to their parents under orders from the Supreme Court.
CPS and the hate-mongers are pushing their luck with this group.
Sounds like ztgstmv may be a little brainwashed, too.
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