G-men fight polyg Mob
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says polygamous groups are a "sophisticated, wealthy and vast criminal organization." Reid, a Mormon, called a hearing on polygamy before the Judiciary Committee on Pioneer Day. Reid took the opportunity to call on the federal government to investigate, pursue and prosecute polygamists.The lawless conduct of polygamous communities in the United States deserves national attention and federal action.Reid, who is pushing for a federal anti-polygamy task force, did not give any polygamists, who argue they are practicing their religion under the protection of the First Amendment, an opportunity to defend themselves at the hearing.
Jim Bradshaw, a spokesman for the FLDS church, pointed out Reid's fair-play omission:
You don't take an entire group of people and go after them, target them, profile them, without any evidence and that's exactly what you heard here today.The meeting was an effort by Mormon U.S. senators Reid and Orrin Hatch, Bradshaw said, to carry out the LDS church's recent image campaign to separate itself from the polygamous splinter groups.
You couldn't listen to that hearing and come away with any conclusion other than these senators who are LDS are very concerned about being tied to the FLDS and this hearing in large respect is about trying to distinguish or run away from the issues.In an amazing display of oral dexterity, Hatch managed to make a statement to the committee without once uttering the word "polygamy."
2 Comments:
Let's crackdown on Hatch for flipping defense contracts to Warren Jeff's machine shop.
ATK/Thiokol subbed out work to Precision Machine/Newera that contributed to the failed o-rings on the space shuttle Columbia. How about an investigation into that?
We have nothing to fear from the FLDS--they don’t even vote. The LDS is a different story. LDS leaders have for years sought power in Washington, so that now 5 percent of our Senators are Mormon, even though only 2 percent of the country is. By distinguishing the LDS from the FLDS, Harry Reid is clearing the way for a Mormon VP, and ultimately, a Mormon President.
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