Elissa Wall, a former member of the FLDS church, blogs on Huffington Post today about her reaction to the Texas Supreme Court's ruling that Texas had no right to remove children from the polygamous FLDS ranch near Eldorado.

Wall says the raid will not help the children, and the FLDS will continue only to see the state's actions as persecution of them for their sacred beliefs:

This view fits right into the story they've been taught since birth, the story that all outsiders are evil and only want to see the downfall of the FLDS way of life. ...

Yet as difficult as it was for me to stomach this [court] decision, it merely reinforced my feelings. Ultimately, I believe that these FLDS families need to be reunited, but not until the FLDS parents have proven that they can and will prevent underage marriages from taking place.

This is not a black and white situation, but unfortunately, because children are involved it has to be. People can not compromise when it comes to the safety of these kids. As a result, both Texas and the FLDS need to contribute to a system that will put an end to the practice of underage marriage. The two sides need to work together to find a middle ground.

Wall, who is hawking a autobiography, offers an "exclusive" video tour of the FLDS Alta Academy in Sandy, which is slated for demolition today.

The Tribune's Rebecca Walsh opines on the impact of a photo of Warren Jeffs kissing what appears to be a child bride that Texas authorities displayed this week in a underhanded getback to the Supreme Court ruling.