04-24-2008, 02:49 PM | #1 |
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it's the child abuse, right?
I have not been able to devote myself to carefuly scrutiny of all the FLDS threads here, but what I keep wondering is what specifically bothers LDS about groups like FLDS.
Is it the child abuse aspect? Meaning if they were taking multiple wives with 19 year-olds as opposed to 14 year-olds, would that still bother you? Do any of you think polygamy should be legal among consenting adults? Is it just that LDS don't like being associated with this type of fringe group? Do you think that there is some kind of unspoken shame about the LDS history of polygamy that underpins the reaction we have to it? (I think there is some of this in me). Maybe it would be easier if we could just deny the history like the Community of Christ do (former RLDS). You know, they deny Joseph Smith every practiced polygamy at all. |
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First off, as you know, there isn't just one LDS reaction.
Some LDS are piling on in glee. Other LDS are very concerned about the rush to judgment and the lack of due process. 1. Should a man be legally allowed to have sex with more than one woman (or vice versa) and call that relationship a marriage, even if isn't on the books in the state, and not be arrested and tried? Yes. 2. Child abuse--there is not yet evidence that I have seen, that shows abuse/rape has occurred. I heard salacious reports from the state, now I am hearing counter-commentary that says there are 5 girls pregnant/with kid that are 16-19. So I'm reserving judgment. 3. Most LDS don't like being associated with this fringe group, esp. Warren Jeffs, since in many ways, they don't represent our practices and values. 4. I'm not ashamed of LDS polygamy. Some members are. |
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04-24-2008, 03:01 PM | #5 |
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ExUte, you are right. There is no evidence that the pregnancies were not the product of sex with teenage boys. And teenage boys, assuming it is not sexual assault, don't go to jail over that.
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The circumstantial evidence in this case would lead me to believe some older men have impregnated some young girls. My beef with Texas is their shot gun approach to this thing. I prefer the method that now has Warren Jeffs in jail. Therefor I disagree with Nancy Grace. Utah and Az are showing the way to deal with this thing and not Texas. By the way, I only watched one Nancy Grace show. She is at the top of my idiot parade of people who have their own cable shows. |
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Nancy Grace makes Bill O'Reilly sound thoughtful and intelligent. Of course O'Reilly makes Geraldo sound thoughtful and intelligent.
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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. |
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My other thought is that many of us consider them just that - apostates. Apostates tend to leave a more bitter taste in the mouth of individuals than those who never believed at all...
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So could you lose your TR over sending a contribution to their legal fund to get their kids back?
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