Whoa! Polygamist solution is frightening...

[The Mrs]

Originally Posted by Newman

Are you aware that there is no proof of any young woman less than sixteen years old getting married in Texas? (Not sure if 17 isn't the cut off). Are you aware that the 13 year old who had a child referred to in court is now a woman in her mid 20s and the child would have been conceived in a different jurisdiction?

If there is no proof of any 16-year old being married, then the girls under the age of 17 who are pregnant/have children would be considered victims of child abuse. Is that correct? I believe the correct terminology would be child sexual abuse.

The American Psychiatric Association states that "children cannot consent to sexual activity with adults", and condemns any such action: "An adult who engages in sexual activity with a child is performing a criminal and immoral act which never can be considered normal or socially acceptable behavior."

Originally Posted by Newman

Isn't it possible that with the arrest of a couple of people for underage marriage; such a practice (if it were so) was winding down and that is why CPS has yet to show us any thirteen, fourteen and fifteen year old brides?

My question is if it turns out that there was only one sixteen year old bride, do you believe Texas should have removed all the children? What if there were five?

They took custody of 463 children on the belief that the sect's practice of underage and polygamous spiritual marriages endangered the children.

Just a little while ago it was reported that of the 31 of 53 girls who were either pregnant or had children, 2 of them had 2 children, and 2 of them had 3 children. I don't think we're dealing with a case of it just being ONE child, or 5, that is affected by all this. (Of course that's dependant upon whether these are factual news reports.)

And yes, I still believe that under the circumstances that existed when CPS first went to the ranch, that they had no other choice but to remove all the children. It doesn't do us any good to look at facts NOW that might alter the course of events THAT DAY. They did what they had to do given the evidence and facts they found AT THAT TIME.