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Originally Posted by waitingtables  Fx, even kids who are being indoctrinated by society have the freedom to research other ways of living and to experience them and decide for themselves what they will do with their lives. Not so in the FLDS. | But if they have already normalized criminal behavior in their minds, I don't see society bending over to help the rapists and gangbangers once they commit crimes. In fact, the age that they can charge "children" as adults has been dropping while the age kids can legally make the decision to legally have sex has steadily been rising. Now you have states where a 17 year old "minor" can be charged as an adult for having sex with another "minor". Hypocrisy. Additionally, of all these horror stories, I haven't seen a single example of a 13 year old married to a 50 year old as has been mentioned here several times.
Again, I'm with the innocent until proven guilty crowd. And I respect a parents rights to raise a child as he/she sees fit. Until one of these women comes out and says she was forced to do something she didn't want to do, all I see is religious persecution and unfair confiscation of an entire small town's children. And that is utterly unacceptable IMHO. If they find unlawful behavior though, arrest them. Polygamy town hall: A.G. says Texas-like raid on sects not the answer - Salt Lake Tribune Can Statutory Rape Laws Be Effective in Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy? This is my new signature. |