Linda,
Really glad they caught this scum-bag! Out here in Wyoming and Utah, it's been _big_ news, and my Mormon friends are uniformly happy that he's been caught, as too many people don't differentiate between the FLDS sect that Jeffs ran (runs), and the LDS Church, which renounced polygamy in the 1890's.
Kendall
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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From: Mary Katherine Powers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 6:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Polygamy Story
I'm really glad that you've done such great work! that's wonderful. I know it's extremely frustrating, though.
I am slowly working on becoming active in the child abuse prevention/recovery field myself. So far all I've managed to do is donate to RAINN and do some volunteer work for them. I also try to give information on trauma to people who seem to need it. It is so important to work in this field because there are so many awful things that go on, and "the system" is often not helpful (to put it mildly).
It sounds like you've been active for a long time and done a lot of really good things. I'll check out your website.
Mary Katherine
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Sent: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: Polygamy Story
Kudos on your work, Linda! You did made a reference to the polygamy cult one time when you said how the FBI couldn't catch the polygamist with a gaggle of teenaged girls in long skirts and bonnets. I understand he was only with a few people when he was caught in a traffic stop. I think life on the run take so much planning and effort just to stay under the radar, that it's the little things that trip up the fugitives.
KatĪ
On 6 Sep 2006, at 03:35, Linda Walker wrote:
Hello Everyone:
I've never brought this up on list but it seems ok to talk about things other than CP and this issue, along with helping Case is a big part of my life.
Don't know if anyone is watching the polygamy story on CNN and Larry King, among other shows. Just letting you know that it is part of my civil and human rights work I have been doing for years. I was the first person on the web ranting about this and Flora Jessop, a true hero, is the spokesperson for this issue from Child Protection Project, a group I founded. Case has met Flora and seen her on tv although his parents won't let him watch most of it and I agree with that but he knows his Nana fights the bad guys.
I know it is not CP related except that so many polygamy kids are subject to difficult births, have disabilities, and not getting the health care they need. It is a very sad story and we have not broken all the elements of it yet. My non profit is www.childpro.org.
I am pretty proud of this life long work because now that the full story is getting out people (including my own adult children) have stopped calling me a crazy exaggerator. Now it's, "Mom, I heard your story on public radio or the like." The fact is it is impossible to exaggerate how bad it is in there. Even the newscasters are having trouble wrapping their minds around it. So why can we implement democracy in Afghanistan and save the women behind the veil there but we can do nothing to stop this in our own country? Many things disgust me but none as much as this.
Larry King was supposed to do a show on this tomorrow but he is doing Tom Cruise baby pictures instead! Wow, that's more newsworthy I guess in this news as entertainment industry. The show will run eventually. It's on the documentary Banking on Heaven about polygamy.
All the best to everyone,
Linda
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