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Jasper 91 Donating Member (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 06:19 AM
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I've just found this site
Edited on Thu Oct-21-04 06:21 AM by Delightful
And I'm really shocked that this goes on in America today . I urge you to read these personal accounts , it will break your heart .

I know that this is a very small minority , but even one complaint of abuse is one too many . The local law by its very inaction is complicit in these crimes and we too are 'enablers' , by allowing it to happen . Surely everyone can see this is wrong ?

We go to war to 'free' another country's people from their dictator , but leave mini religious despots to rule in this country because of the 'right to religious freedom' . But there is no freedom for these poor girls and women , what about their 'rights' ? Where is our outrage ?

I hope it's just because most people don't know about this . The alternative , that we do know , but don't care enough to speak up about it , is just too horrifying to contemplate , because if we are just turning a blind-eye to their plight , what will be next ?

http://helpthechildbrides.com/stories.htm

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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 06:24 AM
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1. I do not need to read it. I read Graham in the Guardian this morning
Can you believe we are dong this to this city of Falluja
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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 06:31 AM
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2. I knew something about the girls......but the boys!!!!!!!!!!

"Boys are fined and harassed by the police, who are sworn to uphold the law but serve as minions of Warren Jeffs," Krakauer said. "Hundreds of these boys over the past four years have been cast out. Most of them end up on the streets of (Las) Vegas or St. George," where they turn to drugs or prostitution.
While most have been kicked out of the community ostensibly for misbehavior, Krakauer said the real problem is plain: The creed says a man must be a polygamist to achieve godly approval. But when 50 percent of the population is male, the surplus must be jettisoned.
The boys are virtually helpless in the normal world because they know nothing of it except the evil that will befall them should they venture away from Short Creek, the old name for the twin towns, Krakauer said. " 'You will be ground into native element' is one of their phrases. It is drummed into their heads they don't stand a chance out there," he said. "These kids are programmed to fail."
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 10:40 AM
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3. Maybe people would pay more attention
if the women wore burkahs.
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