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Texas Polygamy Sect
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: injest on April 17, 2008, 06:24:11 pm ---I think the people from the compound chose that area because it is a small town with a small police force. Part of it was (IMO) that the police were a bit intimidated...And I believe the police was hesitant to get involved too much because they knew people would criticize them no matter which way they went. They are damned either way.
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You might be on to something there, Jess. I wonder what the population of El Dorado is compared to the (best estimate) population of the ranch? How big--or small--is the local law enforcement agency?
HerrKaiser:
--- Quote from: oilfieldtrash on April 17, 2008, 04:00:42 pm ---Kaiser, in this case I'm not so sure this is an "assault on human rights". Incompetence on the part of the locals, most definitely, but when I consider what was apparently happening inside the cult's compound, I have to wonder just what took the local authorities so long to act.
It appears that the facts are:
1) underage girls were either brainwashed or coerced into marrying much older men,
2) underage boys were being expelled and abandoned as they entered mid puberty,
3) there was a rather large armed presence around the compound, suggesting an armed camp.
I recognize that the cult's male leadership and the cooperative mothers of the children should have their day in court, and I await their testimony as to why they created and allowed such a situation to develop.
I am also interested in why local Schleicher County authorities allowed this situation to continue as long as it did. That would mean hearings at the County commissioners court, maybe a complaint needs to be filed. Hmm?
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We cannot dispute your good points here at the moment, but my point is that such suspicions do not elevate to a level where an ENTIRE communmity of children are, without any discussion, whisked away from parents. Similar damages to kids (brainwashing, abandoment, under nourishing, etc) are sadly somewhat commonplace in ghettos for example, but have you ever heard of the CPS rounding up those neighborhoods? This is a frightful moment.
Regarding the cops, that seems to underscore the bizarreness of the action. They could have been, over time, doing their due dilignece to ensure the compound was safe. But rather than the periodic checks that should have been done, they swooped in like the green berets.
This is like seizing one's bank assets and showing up at one's door and getting arrested for tax evasion. that simply does not happen prior to MANY notices and inspections prove fruitless. The drastic measures taken against the children seem more political than proper to me.
Artiste:
How is it that many muslims have 4 wives, and some as here in Texas can not have more than one wife ??
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Don't get angry at me ! This is a good question !
Artiste:
Same law for muslims having many wives... there ??
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: injest on April 17, 2008, 07:52:10 pm ---yes, if they married more than once they would be in trouble too.
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Of course nobody, whether Muslim or Fundamentalist Mormon, can legally contract more than one marriage at a time here. No jurisdiction would issue a marriage license to someone who already had a license issued in that jurisdiction. If somebody contracted several marriages in several jurisdictions, he would be guilty of bigamy.
Actually, I wonder whether any of the guys on that ranch were legally married even to their first wife, or senior wife, or whatever they call them.
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