"Polygamist leader, in court outburst, says he's persecuted"

[Xicano]

'God has entered me upon the people of Earth as a living prophet,' Warren Jeffs says

SAN ANTONIO — Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs interrupted his Texas child sexual assault trial on Friday, shouting that his religious rights were being violated and warning the court it was stomping on "sacred ground".

"This is not a fly-by-night religious organization," Jeffs shouted in front of the startled jurors in the San Angelo courtroom, referring to the breakaway Mormon sect he leads.

"You are stomping on sacred ground. You are treading on a people of peace. This religion deserves protection. The government of the United States has no right to infringe on the right of a peaceful people. The mockery must cease. This religious persecution must cease."

Jeffs, who is representing himself at the trial, is charged with child sexual assault and aggravated child sexual assault in connection with his "spiritual marriages" to two girls, ages 12 and 14, at the remote Yearning for Zion Ranch in Texas.


http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43947563/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

"You are stomping on sacred ground. You are treading on a people of peace. This religion deserves protection. The government of the United States has no right to infringe on the right of a peaceful people. The mockery must cease. This religious persecution must cease."

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So let me see if I get this straight. A Mormon leader exclaims that statutory rape of under aged children is sacred ground the government has no right to infringe upon.

However, its perfectly fine for his religion to spend millions of dollars on a ballot campaign to outlaw two ADULTS from enjoying equality in same sex marriages with those of hetero marriages.

What a perverted asshole.

[uppityperson]

1. k&r

[Swede]

2. Scum,shitstain etc etc

May he and his compadres rot in jail.

[H2O Man]

3. This brings back

memories of when I helped do assessments for court. As a rule, those sex offenders who aggressively justified their crimes against children by way of religion have to get the harshest sentences. They will always re-offend.

[damntexdem]

4. Everyone is persecuted. OK?

Now, some yahoos like this guy DESERVE the persecution. ;-)

[tabbycat31]

5. One of those girls wrote a book

Stolen Innocence and I could not put it down.

This guy deserves to be behind bars for the rest of his life.

[mysuzuki2]

6. Well, Mr Jeffs, my sincerely held religious beliefs tell me that

I should sleep with supermodels. I call it "The Church of Unobtainable Fantasies" Because I would be arrested if I tried to rape Kate Moss or Naomi Campbell I am being persecuted too. So I sympatize with your point of view. Or maybe not. No, definitely not.