Now, now, Linda, the LDS does not sanction polygamy and hasn't since
it outlawed it. I have never met a Mormon that advocated polygamy
and there are a lot of Mormons here in NC. I think that is an
invalid generalisation.
Kat
On 22 Apr 2006, at 12:52, Linda Walker wrote:
I think this power play is coming from the Mormon Church.
At 12:25 AM 4/22/2006, you wrote:
> My boyfriend predicted the slipperly slope when Massachusetts allowed
> gay marriages, and I saw that happening, too. Unfortunately, I think
> the only way they're going to stop any of the polygamous marriages is
> via financial pressures same as the actions against the KKK and other
> supremacist groups.
>
> If I were Mr. Jeffs, I'd be putting that gaggle of girls into more
> modern clothing to escape detection.
>
>
>
> On 21 Apr 2006, at 16:13, Linda Walker wrote:
>
> Yes there is finally some movement but lots of mishandling by
> authorities as well. Tell me why our premier law enforcement the FBI
> cannot pick up a 6 1/2 foot tall man traveling around the country
> with a gaggle of girls in nineteenth century dress and a dozen armed
> bodyguards. Warren Jeffs has been on their most wanted list for over
> a year and one half and we've reported his whereabouts twice and both
> times they blew the pick up. It's distressing because every child
> inside that compound is at risk.
>
> And don't even get me started on the subtle effort to legalize
> polygamy in this country tying it to gay rights.
>
> At 09:56 AM 4/21/2006, you wrote:
> > Probably not, but it may be a step in the right direction,
> especially
> > since the group is being pressured internally as well as externally.
> > External pressure often serves to unite fringe groups, while
> internal
> > conflict is more often destructive to group unity.
> >
> > 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: Linda Walker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> > Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 12:19 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Polygamists may go the way of Al Capone
> >
> > As someone who has worked on this civil and human rights abuse
> > issue=20
> > for over twenty years I can tell you it is not that easy.
> >
> > At 05:14 AM 4/21/2006, you wrote:
> > >The polygamist group in southern Utah and Northern Arizona looks
> like
> > it
> > >might get dismantled by state tax collectors, and internal
> politics.
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/21/us/21taxes.html?
> > _r=3D3D1&th&emc=3D3Dth=
> > &or
> > ef=3D
> > >=3D3Dsl
> > >ogin
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >Kendall=3D20
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >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.
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
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