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    stealthird: The more I see things like this, the more it occurs to me that many people have one of two ways of viewing religion: a blanket "it's their faith and w... more »
    PaintedTrollop: The Mormons spent millions on Prop 8, to ensure gay couples can't marry - yet they do NOTHING for the victims of the FLDS. A woman trying to find shel... more »
    sportz.star: The legitimate Mormon church begrudgingly agreed to no longer engage in polygamy so Utah could become a state and they could get the benefits of state... more »
    angryblackgurl: Child abuse is child abuse whether you use religion, or any other obstacle as a decoy to distract from what is plain and simple sexual abuse. From the... more »
    trublusu: Some men will try and justify anything to get laid, even if it's with little girls. I'll never understand how a mother can let their children be abuse... more »
    Jello Mix: In 1890 the president of the LDS church was told by Jesus himself that they should cease being polygamous. (You can read about it here. So the FLDS is... more »
    thebestofjillhives: Certainly not in defense of forced child-marriage, but I wonder what the abuse stats are if if you took the same sized sample of quote-unquote "normal... more »
    Lox: I hate to say this, and I feel that 12 kids is 12 too many, but I wouldn't be surprised if the actual number is higher than that. more »
    Stabby McStabberson: "The case 'is about sexual abuse of girls and children who were taught that underage marriages are a way of life,' the agency said in its report. 'It ... more »
    tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock: At least there's some small measure of justice being pursued. I'm still caught up on the eight year old who can't divorce her husband who happens to b... more »
    AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover: Are these charges going to hold? I remember there being some debate about whether or not taking the children was right because of lack of evidence (th... more »
    theysaidwhat: So 60% of these children were abused or neglected (262 out of 439) and this sect is still crying foul? I can't believe they've all been returned. With... more »
    PilgrimSoul: See, now these men are not the people of actual faith I was referring to last night. more »
    AthertonMerriweather: Which Jaybies are those in that picture? more »
    Eleanor Ramilly: In a traditional Thanksgiving upset I got into an arguement with my sister about gay marraige. She posited that if you say it is unconstitutional to a... more »
  • #biglove

    262 Children Neglected, 12 Girls Sexually Abused At Polygamist FLDS Ranch

    Well 2008 is finally ending and what better (read: horrible) way to wind down the year than with an update about our friends from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?