First of all, everyone deserves due process before being condemned.
Second, what the authorities did by terrorizing the children in the raid and roundup was absolutely horrific.
And the witch hunt continues . . .
As you say, "Takes one to know one."
Shame! May the Lord make you feel a deep shame for calling this man a hypocrite. This is a man who is known to give his time and treasure to give homes and educations to the boys kicked out of the cult. A man who has acknowledged and repented his old life and now tries to make amends.
When are we going to read your research about Rulon and Lorene Keates' little girl. You know, Lorene's only little girl, according to Rulon, who pointed out pictures of a little blond girl for the NBC cameras. That little girl who disappeared, dissolved into the ether, when Rulon and Lorene, backed by Willie the Enforcer, denied her existence on the Today show. When they suddenly claimed that the danger of marriage at 12, motherhood by 15 (as Jeffs is charged with doing, himself) didn't apply to them, since they 'only have boys."
FLDS Lorene and Rulon show pictures of their daughter here here and here
Lorene and Rulon, on “Today,” when Rulon says, "we only have boys" here ">here, and here
Lorene and Rulon, on “Today,” when Rulon says, "we only have boys" here
And I for one hope it goes on until each & everyone of these polygamists who take underage girls as brides are JAILED. I hope they get the mothers who allow their girls to be raped by old men or men they don't want to marry. They belong in jail too. Would you want to live such a life? Would you want this for your daughter???
I hope any parent who tossed their underage son away in the name of their religion gets charged too. Enough is enough. I am sick of this whole business. I don't understand why you don't see it for what it is! Shaking my head as usual. Prayers for the children of this cult too.
And everyone as a private citizen is entitled to their opinion. It's clear they're guilty. Most everyone who has heard those who've escaped sees no reason to doubt their testimony. Those perverts can't be jailed without a trial but there's not much doubt in the minds of any thinking adult that rape of children is wrong and that if they did it, and it sure looks like they did, then they are wrong.
Second, what the authorities did by terrorizing the children in the raid and roundup was absolutely horrific.
Pictures? Of men herding kinds on the buses at gunpoint? Sources besides the FLDS sayso? Other eyewitness accounts?
And the witch hunt continues . . .
That's right... of the state of Texas, the foster parents who were doing their job, and everyone who sees that the FLDS is wrong.
I've never seen so many people vilified because they object to child rape and forced marriages.
The above is from YOUR campaign in 2000, Saundra...Women's Issues By Saundra Duffy
Let's take a closer look at it in light of your consistent defense of the FLDS cult:
"If men and women would accept responsibility for their own bodies and behavior, there would be no need for abortion"..."The clinics which treat women like cattle are a disgrace".......SO....the women in the FLDS allowing themselves and their daughters to be used as breeding cattle by the FLDS men is RESPONSIBLE? Let them all go back to continue their "responsible" parenting? Let the men of the cult continue to rape underaged girls in the name of FREEDOM? Texas was WRONG in taking those children out of harm's way?
"Young girls need parental support when faced with an unwanted pregnancy. Stop exploiting women and talking down to us."....Oh, I just LOVE that statement in light of your stance on the poor, poor FLDS cult members..."Where is your compassion for "young girls and pregnancy" NOW! Just make the state get those young girls back with their "responsible" parents, right now has been your mantra all during this!!
"If women really had a choice, we'd choose life for our babies.
WHAT choice are you insisting on for the young girls who have been impregnated for decades by the FLDS men, Saundra? Tell us how you REALLY feel about the many, many tiny graves in the Carling or Babyland cemeteries. Abuses in Polygamous Sects
Send them back into the same situation to be used and abused from now on? Allow the men to escape trial and prison to satisfy YOUR interpretation of the Constitution and the rights of these perverts?
Well, you obviously didn't win your race for US Representative....thank GOD! I have a daughter-in-law and young granddaughters in California. They certainly don't need the likes of you "speaking" for THEIR rights!
What is the TRUE reason for your defense of this cult, Saundra? Inquiring minds want to know why the big turnaround in your thinking.