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Originally Posted by Nina
Newman and Christopher,
What else could Texas have done?
At what point did they err.
Nina
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1. Educated the community about the laws Texas changed and how specific indivuals would be prosecuted if underage marriages occurred.
2. Not let their passions become inflamed so that reason and civil rights were trampled and innocent children caught in the crossfire.
3. Not gone onto ranch with 700 government agents (many of them armed and dangerous) under guise of distress phone call that was not timely responded to if had been of any real concern.
4. Not taken young children and babies from their mothers or at the very least given them back as soon as they recognized that:
a. there were no current child brides
b. there were no signs of physical or emotional abuse
c. Sarah was obvious hoax
d. the sect was not violent nor irrational
There are a total of 463 FLDS children - 250 females, 213 males - in state custody in Texas. Here is a breakdown of that count:
* 0-2: 101, 49 females, 52 males
* 3-5: 99, 46 females, 53 males
* 6-9: 131, 68 females, 63 males
* 10-13: 62, 34 females, 28 males
* 14-17: 42, 27 females, 15 males
* Disputed age: 26 females, now classified as 17 or younger.
* Two boys who turned 18 while in state custody also have voluntarily chosen to stay with younger boys.
That is for starters....
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