Bigamy blitz on Mormons

The Mormon state of Utah has launched a crackdown on polygamists who for generations have used their religious beliefs to justify marriage to underage relatives.

Although multiple marriages are illegal, state attorney Mark Shurtleff insists it is not a witch-hunt against Utah's estimated 20,000 to 50,000 polygamists, who live mostly in large family groups or cults.

'The bottom line is that we have to protect the children, especially the young girls, who are the victims here. People have looked the other way for too long,' he said. ..

One such individual is Brian David Mitchell, who calls himself the prophet Emmanuel and is alleged to have abducted the Mormon schoolgirl Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City home in June 2002 and held her for nine months.

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Interesting that they suddenly make another polygamy crack down.

I had two great-aunts who were "sister wives," as they put it. They were still living like that in the mid-70s when I met them.

Orrin Hatch must be in meditation w/ * ...

...they'd move somewhere else and MAYBE Oral Hatch wouldn't keep getting re-elected.

I read that the mormons were upset over their last election for governor..they felt, as MANY people felt, that it was also fixed, as in the "elected officials" were "selected"--where oh where did we hear this before! Anyone know anything about those voting machines in Utah!!??