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Posted: Mon May 5th, 2008 02:26 pm |
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| That's interesting, Norin, I didn't know that. Too bad we can't put Sherrif Joe on this.
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Posted: Mon May 5th, 2008 02:23 pm |
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Because.....During the Short Creek raids back in the 50's the State and National Guard DID do something about it. They went into the Colorado City, Hildale area (then called Short Creek) and raided the area and tried to arrest the offenders and took the children.
The Governor who acted to protect the children in the end lost his next election bid because of this. There were many mainstream sympathetic Mormon voters who ousted him.
Now, any elected person in position to help is haunted by what happened when someone DID try to help and what happened to him. In a nutshell this is why Utah and Arizona never did much of anything. Now, we as Arizonians sit back are embarrassed by Texas who isn't tolerating this nonsense.
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Posted: Mon May 5th, 2008 02:14 pm |
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I think this whole issue needs to be handled more aggresively for the sake of the poor children; male and female. How can these men get away with this right in front of our eyes. While the Atty Generals and Senators are fighting, little girls are getting raped daily.
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Posted: Mon May 5th, 2008 03:50 am |
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Mama..
A couple of good books to delve into to understand this would be
No Man Knows My History: The life of Joseph Smith
By Fawn Brodie
and
Under The Banner Of Heaven
By Jon Krakauer
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Posted: Thu May 1st, 2008 09:39 pm |
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Reid is a loose cannon. When he can't deliver on meaningful legislation to "solve" some of the country's most pressing problems, he resorts to extraneous subjects and criticism of others just to keep his name in the news.
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Posted: Thu May 1st, 2008 06:38 pm |
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Thanks circa! I wish people would read the informational books out there concerning mormonism. I'm not writing here of those by Mormons enforcing the religion, I'm referring to those that really tell the story. I read one about 18 years ago and I wish I could remember its' title; wow what an eye opener!
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Posted: Thu May 1st, 2008 01:47 pm |
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Ariz., Utah assail senator for polygamy comments
by Dennis Wagner - May. 1, 2008 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and his Utah counterpart are calling for federal assistance in fighting polygamy-related crimes in response to criticism from U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Reid complained this week that the states have not been aggressive enough in attacking plural marriages.
Goddard and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff sent a letter challenging Reid after his remarks on a Salt Lake City radio show, where he assailed them for not conducting Texas-style raids in polygamous Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah.
Read More at: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/01/20080501flds-goddard0501.html#
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BY CIRCA ......
Here is the real story why Reid made those comments...Harry Reid is Mormon and he's helping (probably was asked) church leaders in Salt Lake City who are worried too many people nationwide associate the incidents in Texas and Colorado City with the Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints).
I'm sure that nationwide coverage of polygamist cult leaders impregnating teenage wives makes Mormon officials cringe, especially since over the past few years, Mormon Church-sponsored print and broadcast advertisements have tried to project to the public that church teachings and beliefs are mainstream and Christian based.
There are many, many people that know nothing about Mormons, except one thing, they seem to always associate Mormons with polygamy and that's extremely frustrating for Mormon decision makers in Salt Lake City.
The truth of the matter is this: Back in the 1800s, congress told LDS leaders that Utah would not gain statehood unless Mormons dropped the polygamy. So the trade-off was made. Had this trade-off not occurred, polygamy would still be a major part of Mormonism.
Those in Texas and Colorado City are basically following teachings of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, so let's not get too fooled when LDS followers strongly disassociate themselves from those"crazy little cults" in Texas and Colorado City. I guess it becomes difficult at times separating the three cults.
I've got to log off right now and continue my writing of the "Book Of Circa."
CIRCA
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