Bob Morris Posted on Fri Feb 24, 2012 13:30 pm.
Even when the mariages are between adults, if the community if polygamist, then the girls tend to be traded like cattle and low-status young men create problems for all. This is true across time and culture. History suggests that it is. A new study out of the University of British Columbia documents how societies have [...]
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Bob Morris Posted on Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:59 am.
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is already in prison, faces charges elsewhere, and is on trial in Texas for child sex assault. He’s decided to defend himself, a decision that invariably ends badly for the defendant. Jeffs heads the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints (FLDS) which is based in Hildale UT. They [...]
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Bob Morris Posted on Tue May 3, 2011 13:30 pm.
A war of secession in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints between church bishop William E. Jessop and jailed current leader Warren Jeffs may go to court. Monday marks the deadline set by commerce officials for both parties to resolve the dispute or a legal showdown might be set in motion [...]
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Bob Morris Posted on Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:30 am.
Andrea Moore-Emmett, who was raised Mormon, documents clearly in God’s Brothel how polygamy across time and multiple cultures has never and can never be anything but rank subjugation of women and girls. The women are never equals. They are treated like property, subject to spousal rape, degradation, forced poverty, and more. Girls as young as [...]
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