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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:31 PM Original message |
Officials: 31 of 53 girls from sect ranch have been pregnant |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. What a surprise. When the DNA comes back and the rest of |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Jesus, all of these pedophiles are getting busted on MSNBC, don't they know all they have to do is |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. They are doing the texas 2 step |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Scary shit |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. I wonder how many are under 16? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The legal age is 17 |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Its 16 (link) |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Consent for sex is 17- 16 if married |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That law was just enacted |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I have no problem with polygamy |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I think that if it were legal it would be more visible |
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janetle (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Even my priest in church on Sunday said this.... |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. So I assume your priest is 100% in favor of Gay Marriage? |
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janetle (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
59. Actually yea--we are Episcopalian |
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janetle (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. But I should clarify |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Good to hear. |
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darue (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
69. well it DOES involve abuse, oppression, mind control, and children impregnated at puberty |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. this is pedophilia and meglomania. nothing about the law bothers |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. That link is outdated. The law was changed in 2005. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. There's no marriage licenses here. They are "spiritual" marriages. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. None of the 31 teens in "spiritual marriages" are legally married. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. 16 is for marriage with parental consent. None of these girls |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Thats a new law as of January this year |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Well, I trust TX prosecutors to be able to read and understand their own laws. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. The law was changed in 2005, not in January. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. watching the reactions of the moms reminds me |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. The affect of the mothers is strong evidence, to me at least, |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. since they don't have a choice I don't care if they are twenty. for this |
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janetle (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Good point! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. Excellent point! nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. No, the age of consent in Texas is 17, not 16. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. It's pretty sensational.. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. it's hilarious you think any of them are legally married- the husbands have a dozen other wives |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Dur! |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I wouldn't call rape sex |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. ~applause~ |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. That's also a "Dur" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. More precisely, it's about ritual rape and ritual sex abuse. |
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micraphone (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Yearning" for "Zion"....? |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. I don't call this religion. I call it men using females as sex slaves. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
55. A bunch of dirty perverts jumping 13 year old girls |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. That leaves 22 girls |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. You know, I tried to give these folks the benefit of the doubt |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Ask CPS why they're calling a 27 year old woman a teenager |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Proof of that? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Court ordered last Monday |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. 52 girls or 53? Fer fucks sake this cult doesn't care about one woman more or less |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. CPS doesn't seem to give a shit either |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Many give different names in the beginning, difficult to get a true count. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #58 |
74. Then I may assume that you either |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. No one gave false names |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Reports the FLDS members did give false names... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. members of the LDS church sit on the board or have shares in the Salt Lake Tribune? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Since by this point you're merrely repeating yourself... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I'm only repeating myself |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #79 |
83. You haven't really given out any evidence that CPS is being misleading. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
81. that group has a policy of defrauding the govt- calling it bleeding the beast... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. I don't have any reason to believe the claims of the FLDSers at the ranch. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
80. Try this article. Almost 60% underage girls living on ranch pg or have kids. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. Did anyone see the whitewash on Dateline this weekend? They made it |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
71. This, I think will be their tactic |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. This is the same formula of women slavery over and over again |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. they knew about this shit TWO years ago |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. They have known about this for decades. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. Par-tay! Sign me up! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Because progressives care about women and childrens right to be free |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Are you aware that there may be 100,000 members of this little sect |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. No, it's odd that this was pinned to the front page. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. How is this topic pinned to where? I don't see it pinned anywhere. |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
48. And Ben Stein had the unmitigated gall to defend these people |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Thanks for that info ekwhite-needs a separate post! |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Fucking Ben "I'm Jewish so I should be able to make Holocaust references willy-nilly" Stein... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. Ben Stein is such a creep. |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. I'll give you a couple of links - it is pretty disgusting |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
64. Ben Stein doesn't mind egg on his face |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
57. Who the fuck cares ? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Perhaps you should do some research before discounting this Fundie group. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. I am thankful that I was not coerced via "the religious leader" to marry |
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Oreegone (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Dirty old white men |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. This has nothing to do with race- there are people like this all races |
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Oreegone (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #73 |
82. This has to do with old white men |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. When there are 400+ children being abused then we should care |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #57 |
72. There is more to being a progressive then disliking Bush |
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