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534 women and children removed from Fundamentalist LDS compound

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Angola!, Apr 4, 2008.

  1. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    All the roads around the compound are closed and apparently the FAA has closed the airspace above the compound. Not sure what that means, but lots of folks are having flashbacks to Waco in my area.

    Also, an arrest warrant is out for a 50-year-old man for impregnating a 15-year-old.

    http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/apr/04/texas-authorities-investigating-mormon-sect-near/

    http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/apr/04/eldorado0404/
     
  2. gretchd

    gretchd Member

    Re: 52 children removed from LDS compound

    Not to be a jackass, but they're Fundamentalists and shouldn't be confused with the branch commonly identified as LDS.

    Keep us updated.
     
  3. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    Re: 52 children removed from LDS compound

    Fixed.
     
  4. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Re: 52 children removed from LDS compound

    Did they remove all children or just the girls? The story only mentions the girls' ages.
     
  5. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Re: 52 children removed from LDS compound

    I can see why they're thinking of the Branch Davidians. Both were cults led by nutjobs who encouraged pedophilia in their followers.

    This, however, made me chuckle ...

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  6. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    Re: 52 children removed from Fundamentalist LDS compound

    It's a Warren Jeffs related situation, apparently.
     
  7. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    Re: 52 children removed from Fundamentalist LDS compound

    Yeah, the FLDS is Jeffs' sect. It's the same group that is headquartered on the Arizona-Utah border.

    I wouldn't anticipate any Waco situation here -- while they're pretty hostile to outsiders they're generally not violent.

    They only took the girl, and I assume that's because the boys are treated much better within the sect. The raid was prompted by a phone call from a girl to police.

    And to echo gretchd's comment, if you want to find out how many Mormons you have in your area, just use the word "Mormon" somewhere in the story about the FLDS. You'll hear from every single one of them, angry about the association. (And it's a legit beef: the FLDS has nothing to do with the modern LDS church, and to make the connection is pretty unfair.)
     
  8. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Re: 52 children removed from Fundamentalist LDS compound

    Only 52 kids?[/shawnkemp]
     
  9. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Re: 52 children removed from Fundamentalist LDS compound

    Nice...
     
  10. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Re: 52 children removed from Fundamentalist LDS compound

    Actually, the boys in some ways get it worse.

    They'll be kicked out of the community for the slightest reason and not allowed back. Why? Because the pedophiles don't want the young men there competing for brides.
     
  11. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    Re: 52 children removed from Fundamentalist LDS compound

    [​IMG]

    My friend was part of the free speech movement at Berkeley. I think he did a little too much LDS.
     
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  12. concernedjournalist

    concernedjournalist New Member

    Re: 52 children removed from Fundamentalist LDS compound

    Really? Are the boys raped?
     
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