While I agree Mr Flipper that abuse under the guise of religion is repulsive - there are lot of allegations being made right now that are not proven nor has anyone been charged. One of the lawyers who is representing 2 of the kids, including a 2 year old little girl, made it quite clear on televison news, that they - the lawyers - are not being given information from CPS, and she went so far to say that CPS is leaking all this stuff to the media in order to build up their case publicly. This same lawyer had said prior to this, that she, and most others, felt that it was imperative for the health of the children, to keep the little kids with their siblings for their emotional well being. Now - many of the lawyers don't have a clue where their clients are, some haven't seen their clients yet and CPS is handing out memo's to the media instead of calling up the lawyers involved first.
The man whose face and name they plastered all over the television as a child sex fiend has never been charged and they haven't even picked him up for questioning. Why is that? It makes me sick when I hear the constant media play on the fact that the kids have never eaten processed food and so got sick..big deal! So they haven't used a crayon - big deal! So they dress differently, the women don't wear makeup and talk subdued - big deal! Thats just blowing smoke -
When I first began watching the coverage, all the focus was on the alleged young girls and sex with old men. At that time I began wondering why all the little boys were being held instead of being returned to their mothers. My questions were answered when one doctor came on television and said that after examination, the little boys were very healthy and adjusted. This was contrary to the psychiatrist who looking for his 5 minutes of fame, sat in his interview and said that the reason they were not returning the boys, was because they 'might' grow up to be perpetrators, doing the same thing as their fathers. Once that statement was made, I figured it was only a matter of time before they figured out a way to justify it some other way, since if you say someone 'might' grow up to do something, then we have to start raiding the Catholic seminaries and JW Kingdom Halls as wells.
I want the facts. I am not sympathetic with the FLDS lifestyle and If there is abuse, I want to see charges and punishment. I want the people inside to get help with the conflict they have living with the real world - but at this point I'm not willing to say that some of what I'm hearing in the media isn't spin. I think there is a lot more going on underneath that we aren't even hearing about so I'm waiting for all the players to put their cards on the table for all of us to see. sammieswife.