Of course 100% being in favor of the death penalty, stricter punishment of criminals, or at least getting something out of them like having them mow our lawns for sitting in jails decent working people have to pay for… I think some jerk off shoots at police and is in midst of crime and then flees!!!! WHY DID we not execute them on the spot? I don’t care if they got beat, they deserve every last ounce of it and more. And their families, poor victims!! Give me a break and have the families repay what it took to have the cops apprehend these scum.

Last I checked women/girls had:

A right to an education (the FLDS routinely pulls children out of school as adolescents).

A right to decide if/when they had children (this may change if we get another Republican in office though).

A right to reach the age of 18 unmolested by 50 year old perverts (again this might change if we get another Republican in office).

The right to move freely and not be confined to a compound (again, this might change).

The right to dress and groom their hair however they choose.

A right to autonomy (subject to change).

I am outraged by the people who dare question the state of Texas for their endeavors so far on this issue. This has been going on for 70 years or better in Colorado City, Arizona and Utah. No one has cared or given it the slightest thought. Authorities have even gone so far as to return runaway girls to Colorado City. This is an absolute outrage and if it were happening to boys and not girls, something would have been done about it 70 years ago.

The public reacted violently when the priest abuse scandal broke and these same people could give a $hit less now that its happening to young girls. It truly speaks volumes of the way we view women and girls in this society.

I know where this idea came from about needing many wives and lots of children to get into celestial heaven. The founder, in the 1830’s, Joseph Smith said this was a revelation from God so he married at least 33 women - about 10 were married and a couple were under 15. This way he wouldn’t be accused of adultery. His wife opposed it, but finally had to give up complaining. The followers totally trusted him, and so all the men started doing it. They even had to recruit women from England and other European countries.

This also rapidly populated the new settlements. When neighbors in the early Mormons Illinois community got wind of it, he was arrested. Some were really so mad they stormed the jail and shot him up. But “the Principal” as they called it, was continue by Brigham Young.