I was not aware that people have died as a result of polygamy, how does it
happen? Sorry I haven't been watching much news lately.
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> [Original Message]
> From: Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 9/6/2006 11:55:14 AM
> Subject: Re: Polygamy Story a rant
>
> Kendall,
> The LDS in my opinion are guilty as sin for allowing this to go on
> for so long. Renouncing something with one face while you turn your
> back on the injustice and watch it proliferate in that church state
> Utah is not ok with me. We've been trying to get the LDS to pay
> attention to this for years and they swept it under the rug as long
> as they could. Many died as a result of their self righteous
> indifference. What did any one of your friends ever do to stop it?
> See what I mean. I am mad as hell at the LDS and especially those in
> positions to have done something. It's been a long hard road waking
> them up. Now all they can do is say it's not us. Sorry, not good
> enough. It is people from their own families who continued the
> practice. Nearly all old time Mormons come from polygamy including
> Senator Hatch who has pro polygamy stuff on his web site. You can't
> believe how hard it's been to wake up the LDS. Nonetheless also
> really happy he is caught and now the FBI needs to charge him up.
> Before they fenced off the graveyard in there, I documented that over
> 50% of the graves were children under 10 and 58 graves were entirely
> unmarked. It is a killing field in there and the public does not know
> how really grievous it is yet but they will.
> Imagine if the Army came across 58 unmarked baby graves, little
> mounds in the sand in Iraq. There would be a huge outcry but we have
> had a really difficult time getting people to listen. The FBI made
> fun of Flora and I when we turned in our evidence to them. They
> wanted nothing to do with it but we finally forced the issue. A few
> activists ...
>
> At 08:00 AM 9/6/2006, you wrote:
> >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=20
> >
> >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
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Mary Katherine Powers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 6:15 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >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.
> >=20
> >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). =20
> >=20
> >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.
> >=20
> >Mary Katherine=20
> >=20
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [log in to unmask]
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >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.=20
> >=20
> >Kat=CE=20
> >=20
> >On 6 Sep 2006, at 03:35, Linda Walker wrote:=20
> >=20
> >Hello Everyone:=20
> >=20
> >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.=20
> >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.=20
> >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.=20
> >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.=20
> >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.=20
> >=20
> >All the best to everyone,=20
> >=20
> >Linda=20
> >=20
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