it's the child abuse, right?

[exUte]

Originally Posted by RedHeadGal

yes, of course I know there are many reactions: I'm asking for individual's thoughts here.

I'm not really talking about the current FLDS example per se, but more theoretically. What is it that bothers any of you about these groups? It seems to me that the typical examples cited about how they are "bad" stem from allegations of child abuse/statutory rape and not anything to do with adults having multiple partners. If that's true, it's not really the polygamy that bothers people but the child abuse.

Which to me begs the questions here about what if these young brides were 19 instead of 14? you say yes, Mike. exUte raises the gay marriage specter, which is fair enough. . . it has similarities, I guess, but I don't see how LDS could attack it in the same way when our people practiced it for so long.

is 1) if there is child abuse and 2) if there is welfare fraud involved. Again, they deserve the same rights to marry between consenting adults as it is for homosexuals.