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Artiste:
You say:
   yes, if they married more than once they would be in trouble too.  
............

May I doubt they would be in trouble since most or many muslims have 4 wives same time... and,
because this Texas Polygamy lasted too long, the muslim ones would not be of interest to Texans nor the law makers or police enforcers !!

Artiste:
It's very telling that polygamy exists in many parts of the USA, with many religions !! And no one does anything... to stop it !!

Artiste:
If you get out of such cult group if that is possible safely, you would be damned to be in hell !!

So what is the difference with that and being as muslim which you can NOT get out of neither ??

brokeplex:

--- Quote from: HerrKaiser on April 17, 2008, 07:24:40 pm ---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.

--- End quote ---

Your point is well taken and I also am very suspicious of precipitate governmental interventions, whether at the local, state, or most especially at the federal level. You are also correct in cautioning against a rush to judgement. However, the nature of this compound and the armed guards around the compound cause deep suspicion on my part that something is rotten therein.

Because the rights of the accused are safeguarded, the cult will have its day in court. And in the fullness of time we will see if the authorities overreacted.

lets bear in mind that:
 
1)  Amendment # 1 to the Constitution  "no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" , and Amendment # 4 " the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures."

is balanced with,

2) Amendment # 14  "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdictions the equal protection under the laws." 

HerrKaiser:
I have a feeling that the notion of polygamy (whether mormon, amish, muslim or just for one's lifestyle choice) is going to become yet another legal/social issue that will ride on the tails of gay marriage. And, the polygamists will have a good point....if marriage can be changed to include male/male or female/female marriages, why not male/female/female?

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