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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 12:08 PM Original message |
Utah, Arizona law officers descend upon polygamous community |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. We will hear from their supporters soon |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Criticism of any church or church leaders is an attack on religious people |
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NinetySix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. OK, here goes: I support polygamy. |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I am running a risk of being told I am a disgrace as a liberal |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Plus, if you have nine wives and 25 kids, odds are welfare is supporting your "polygamy" to |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. +1. Thanks for properly focusing on where the evil part of this story actually is. -nt |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 07:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. + 100 |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. I oppose it. |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I think the issue some have is whether it is right for the state to criminalize polygamy. |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I know, I'm a horrible uneducated person |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. What does where most polygamists live have to do with it? |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I think all religions are equally vile, that being said, |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. This is about the FLDS and its beyond-the-law enclaves in the US and now in Canada |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. excellent points |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Oh come on, it's just like the Duggars, only with 300 kids per family, 12 wives, and on welfare. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Are you exaggerating, or just plain lying? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Couple of years back when Jeffs et al were in the news with the YFZ Ranch raid... |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I didn't call anyone a liar. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Same difference, bk |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. To you, maybe. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. I certainly haven't seen many FLDS supporters on DU in the past |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Yes, there were -- and still are -- a few. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. ... Officers arrived in Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., around 7:30 a.m. MST and served |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. ".....financial crimes investigation........" - gosh, imagine THAT. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. they belive in bleeding the beast of govt- taking all the $$ w/ none of the work...IIRC.... |
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Sivafae (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. "some kind of financial crimes investigation..." |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Oh, okay, so this is more about investigating financial crimes. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Maybe. Maybe not. These communities seem to have certain common characteristics. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Aw jeez, not THEM again.......... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. polygamy denies young men the opportunity to marry |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You're talking religion not poligamy. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Polyandry rarely occurs in cultures |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Disagree. This is something the older, more powerful men want and ascribe to religion. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Im sure they'd let them marry some of the older wives when the old dudes get sick of them..... |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
41. No, they do NOT let them marry the older wives |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Any person should be able to marry any person. That's it. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. NOT if they are children. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Agreed.....Ok, any person 18+ should be able to marry any person 18+. THAT's it. |
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LeFleur1 (973 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
42. How About Being Married to Five (or More) Children? |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. Thank You Terry Goddard. This is how a "real "law officer works! |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oh, jeez. What a waste of taxpayer money. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Really? Do you know how much these folks are stealing every year with having the state pay for their |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Can you back that up? |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Terry Goddard is very methodical and disciplined. He wouldn't be doing this unless he had the proof... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. When this happened at the YFZ Ranch in TX... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Probably. It was a pretty nauseating exchange of views, as I recall. nt |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
32. 90 y.o. Rulon Jeffs posing with his 2 new brides. How old do they look? |
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