Not just the clothes are the same
The Houston Chronicle reports the investigation into sexual abuse at the Eldorado polygamous ranch has hit some unexpected snags. For instance, gathering medical evidence based on DNA is sometimes thwarted by the inbred FLDS culture.In the end, it might be the cultural penchant for scrapbooking that finally brings down the FLDS defendants. A teenage daughter of FLDS president Warren Jeffs wrote:The confusing tangle of family relationships within a sect where a handful of families have intermarried for decades and often use the same names has been a major hurdle for both CPS and the Texas Attorney General's Office now prosecuting the case.
According to one state source close to the investigation who asked not to be identified, at least 5 percent of DNA samples taken from children and parents was so similar when compared, it could not be determined in those cases which child belonged to which parent.
The Lord blessed me to go forward in marriage July 27, 2006, the day after I turned 15 years old.
The girl's scrapbooks included pictures of her passionately kissing her 34-year-old new husband.
1 Comments:
It amuses me when people think that science is the end all. Now that it is not the tool that cps and the courts thought. If this case was not so tragic..it would have made a great comedy movie.In a nation so full of similar problems they zero in on this closed community. Is it because the lost the war on drugs? Or lost the right to curb sex in tens or birth control & abortion for 14 year olds. Or is it the anger over parents fighting back at cps for their illegal tactics? I cannot believe the ex fundies can persuade whole towns that the monsters have arrived and you see hatred bloom. As has been stated ,only 30% truth is needed in a biography. While I thought the age of consent for planned parenthood was 14 was a tad bit too young..it means some folks realize that sex will occur. Who am I to say if the FLDS can change and become compliant. Even tx let 14 be the age for forced,shotgun marriages..as they used to be called.
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