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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-08 04:02 PM
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Traditional marriage under attack, in Utah, by *cave dwellers*!!
Yes sirree, right in the very state whose largest business just dumped million$$$ into the fight against marriage equality, a band of fundie Morons (sic) are practicing polygamy! That's right, all you married couples out there. Your own marriage is being devalued every minute this is allowed to continue! :sarcasm:

And the beauty part of it is, they are actually living in caves! You just can't make this stuff up...

http://cbs5.com/national/polygamist.cave.homes.2.866760.html

Down a red dirt road, in the middle of Utah's Southeastern desert, a worn wooden sign welcomes lost hikers - because unless you knew how to find it, getting lost is likely the only way you would stumble across Rockland Ranch. From afar, you almost think you're hallucinating from the heat. But as you get closer, you can see it's no mirage - there is a community of modern day cave dwellers living on the side of this sandstone plateau....

But if you're expecting the Flintstones, you'll be very disappointed. Catrina lives in a cave, blasted open with dynamite with her husband, her children, and her sister-wife, Lillian. They are polygamist. But only about half of the residents practice plural marriage. Life at Rockland Ranch is surprisingly ordinary and extraordinary all at the same time. Mornings start with chores; everyone helps. There is much to be done in a community that is almost entirely self-sufficient.




For all I know, the women were actually dragged out there by their hair...
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