SallyMac's Blog

I agree with Foe. What it looks like, is the state went in there and upset the apple cart, then said "oops, Here's your kids back". So while I don't condone what the FLDS's are doing, I don't think they should have to pay any of the costs. Basically, the state could have just as easily went to them and said "stop doing that your way, and do it our way or else" first... then if necessary, go to the mat.

ONLY $7,000,OOO.00 ? HAS ANYONE EVER FIGURED OUT WHO FILED THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT OF SEXUAL ABUSE ? I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS GROUP IS AFFILIATED TO THE JAILLED WARREN JEFFS . HE IS IN JAIL FOR ARRANGING MARRIAGES WITH OLDER MEN TO MUCH YOUNGER GIRLS PLUS TAX EVASION AND ARMS CHARGES . THIS OFFSHOOT OF THE MORMON CHURCH HAS ALOT OF FORMER MEMBERS ( MOSTLY FEMALES ) WAVING AND HOLLERING "FIRE !" YET LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE TO INVESTIGATE THEIR ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH MINORS BY THE OLDER MALE MEMBERS . IT APPEARRED MISHANDLED FROM THE START OF THIS CASE ... THIS SHOULD BE A LESSON FOR THE STATE TO HAVE "ALL THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW " BEFORE THEY REMOVE SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS ...

When the raid took place, amongst the findings was that a 16 year old had four children. She's been pregnant since she was 11. Wrap your head around that.

In 1968, my family fell apart. My mother quickly reverted, emotionally, into a teenager. Within a year she moved a monster into our house. He quickly began abusing us all, emotionally, physically, and sexually.

I was thirteen when it was at it's worst. I was acting out and I was called into the school counselor's office. She started into me and eventually I confessed what was going on at home. She then produced a book and showed me she wasn't allowed to "interfere in family business".

Not believing her, I went to the Police. I was threatened with physical violence if I didn't leave. I went to a judge who told me, and I quote: "You have the same rights as a shovel". He referenced that because I wasn't 21 I couldn't press charges or testify in court. This was more than thirty years ago.

The latest count of abused young girls stands at 11.

It usually takes a year or more for a case to reach Texas' Supreme Court. I'd like to know the reason for the rush to judgement here.

Clearly, CPS had poor case preparation, but when the health and safety of young girls is in question, as it clearly is here, this unprecedented situation begs a civil rights question: "Does the civil rights of a group matter when it is the common practice of the group to sytematically practice sexual abuse?"

I think this question would best be answered by someone who knows what it's like to be a child who is forcibly introduced into

Dudester: I have a similar background. There was no harm in just keeping the mothers and their children together until they could sort everything out. It would have been a lot cheaper. They could have used funds they used to separate the children into keeping them for a longer period of time and taking their time to do a more thorough investigation so their case(s) was/were airtight.

PBMom-no disrespect to you, but there is/was a problem with keeping the moms and kids together.

The Minneapolis rule was enacted by Police departments nationwide in 1991 because prior to that, it was up to abused and intimidated women to press charges against their abusers. The Minneapolis rule allows officers responding to a domestic call to arrest an abuser upon finding a wounded person at the call. No need for the abused person to press charges, then appear in court, etc.

The FLDS women have been taught from birth that men are always right, period, end of subject. If that man wants to have five underage brides, there is no one to stand in his way-except another man.

CPS started DNA tests soon after the raid. The Texas Supreme Court ruled on this case before the DNA tests arrived. This is tantamount to having a murder trial the day after the murder, nevermind what the evidence says or suggests.

I suggest that the Texas Supreme Court thinks and acts like a bunch of Good Ol Boys, that we should turn back the clock because this modern day thing about protecting kids is just a bunch of hooey.