Utah's crack polyg busters could soon find some lucrative consulting work.Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has already dispatched several people to Texas along with Family Services personnel to help with the Eldorado FLDS raid. AG mouthpiece Paul Murphy says:
Basically we're there to help. We've created a group that deals specifically with child abuse and domestic violence in polygamous communities.Meanwhile, Canadian authorities are perplexed with how to proceed with their FLDS splinter group in Bountiful (yes, there's another one), British Columbia.
But instead of calling in Mark and the Utah gang, the province has turned the matter over to its highest court for a legal opinion on whether Canada's anti-polygamy laws are constitutional before it starts slapping the polygs with charges. Even the savage Maple Leaf Land guarantees freedom of religion.
B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal wants to go after the FLDS and Official Opposition’s Associate Justice Critic (whatever that is) Leonard Krog says it's time to send a message that it's unacceptable, in Canada at least, to have children being married to old men.
Back home, KUTV in Salt Lake reports that Carl and Joni Holm — he claims he escaped from polygamy when he was 16 — say right on! to Texas authorities who are have locked up more than 500 FLDS kids and women at an old fort. (Does this sound a little like Topaz to anyone else?)
The Holms have recently taken in two young girls and a boy who escaped from polygamy into their home, Joni said. "They just don't know how to answer the phone correctly. They don't have manners."
She says of the Texas raid:
I actually commend Texas for taking such a strong stand. If they didn't, who would have?Above: Texas FLDS women and children by Trent Nelseon.
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