By their fruits ye shall know them. Mt 7:16
Posted on 04/04/2008 10:14:39 AM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife
State troopers have sealed off a secretive West Texas religious outpost built by polygamist leader Warren Jeffs so child welfare investigators can interview children to see if they're safe, officials said Friday.
Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner said the Texas Department of Public Safety and other law enforcement helped investigators gain access to the complex near Eldorado. She said CPS is "investigating whether any children are in danger" but said no decisions had been made on whether to remove any children.
DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said CPS was responding to a complaint but could not say whether the complaint was made from within or outside the ranch. He said questioning began Thursday evening but wouldn't say how many people were being interviewed or how many officers were involved.
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Huh! I didn’t think there were any of those fundy Mormons here in Texas. I thought they mainly kept to Utah and Zona.
Thank God, Janet Reno is no longer in charge.
I was thinking the same thing...Waco part II
Yes, hopefully they won’t burn these kids alive to ‘save’ them.
Warren Jeffs was building a new Colorado City in west Texas.
I think one commentator was saying that he was using it as a runoff community to gather those who were most militantly supportive of his status as Prophet, so he would be able to use them in future as a personal army loyal only to him whom he could bring in as a security detail and police force to Colorado City - people who were emotionally separate enough from the Colorado City community to ruthlessly enforce the Prophet's will without any family misgivings.
Would the children answer honestly or are they too brainwashed to do that?
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“I think one commentator was saying that he was using it as a runoff community to gather those who were most militantly supportive of his status as Prophet, so he would be able to use them in future as a personal army loyal only to him whom he could bring in as a security detail and police force to Colorado City - people who were emotionally separate enough from the Colorado City community to ruthlessly enforce the Prophet’s will without any family misgivings.”
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”— Mohammed
I smell another Waco.
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I hope the authorities in AZ and UT are watching the compounds and planning for trouble there. This may be the match that sparks the bonfire.
By their fruits ye shall know them. Mt 7:16
LDS polygamists have LONG been in Mexico. Fundamentalist polygamist Mormons have been in British Columbia for a while.
Warren Jeffs is FAR more faithful to Smith and Young than the apostates in SLC!!
/sarc
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