[Paulus Invictus]

The guy (named Green with four or five wives), was thrown in jail but not for practicing polygamy. He was jailed for child abuse of a minor child (14 years old) that he "married" and sexually abused.

The real problem with the local brand of polygamists (by the way, they are not Mormons!), is that they are also cleverly raiding the treasuries of two states, Utah and Arizona. They live mostly in two towns stradling the border of the two states. They make state money by making sure their wives and many kids are collecting Social Security bennies, as well as welfare and food stamps, perhaps from both states at once as they may have two houses on each side of the border (?). With as many as five or six wives and several kids, their monthly stipend may amount to significant income. Many of them have businesses too and are hard workers.

On the Arizona side, it is said that they build large homes they never seem to finish so they pay lower property taxes on the houses as being "under construction."

The local polygs are doing well and their numbers are growing. They are also the most unattractive people imaginable. The women dress in home-made dresses and long socks or men's trousers under their dresses. They wear no makeup, braid their long hair and they all tend to be about 50 pounds overweight. The men dress in cowboy clothes and are uniformy unfriendly.

[johnb838]

Who are you to say they aren't Mormons. Maybe they say that LDS aren't the true mormons. Who is anybody to say anything about anything?

[weegee]

The real problem with the local brand of polygamists (by the way, they are not Mormons!), is that they are also cleverly raiding the treasuries of two states

The real solution would be to end government handouts rather than to prohibit polygamy.

An unmarried woman with kids will receive benefits too regardless of how many kids that man has fathered or to how many women he had done this.

[Elsie]

They make state money by making sure their wives and many kids are collecting Social Security bennies, as well as welfare and food stamps, perhaps from both states at once as they may have two houses on each side of the border (?).

Do you know?

[Elsie]

If their 'Living Prophet' gets a 'word' and the rest of the yesmen ok it, by golly, it has thundered from Heaven, and the rank&file better fall in line, or else Headquarters will say you are NOT Mormon (Oops: LDS).

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(That's what they claim about the Mormon fundies, anyway)

37 posted on 07/04/2003 2:17 PM CDT by Elsie (Any misspellings are caused by a sticky keyboard!! [that darn ol' Coke!])

 

The real problem with the local brand of polygamists (by the way, they are not Mormons!), is that they are also cleverly raiding the treasuries of two states, Utah and Arizona.

54 posted on 07/04/2003 3:01 PM CDT by Paulus Invictus (Adieu a la France!)

 

Dang!!! I'm a PROPHET!!!!!