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Originally Posted by Rico
The point is that the State of Texas should not have rounded up everyone. It sets a dangerous precedent, PO; one that could have far reaching effects all over the USA. All the government would have to do is say children are in danger because of what a church teaches and then take the church members' children away.
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I'm sorry, Rico, but if they did not have "30" underaged pregnancies I'm not prepared to believe anything would have happened.
The thing is Texas knew why they moved here and why they set up the compound.
Don't forget this information.
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State Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville whose district includes Eldorado, speculated that law enforcement and CPS probably had a loose plan in place. Hilderbran remembers talking to CPS officials about the ranch in 2005, when he worked to pass a bill targeted at the sect that raised the legal marriage age with parental consent from 14 to 16. The bill passed.
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They knew what they were doing and were waiting for them to cross the line - which they did. They were not coming at them for their religious beliefs, per se, but that their beliefs violated the law concerning sexual abuse.
Every family living on that compound is accountable. I wouldn't want any child to grow up in that environment. If they could place them through a "non-profit" fostering organization I wouldn't be as worried about the children. CPS is a joke, for the most part.
My SIL worked for them in Dallas for a while. A caseworker. She said they don't care about the children or the families, so she quit.
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