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Good Morning;
I have had the TV on low all morning...
Most prominently in the news is the fiasco down in Texas with the one sect of Mormons, the FDLS.
Shown are the women that are crying for their children as they are taken away from them to be placed in ??? (wherever)...
Touching as this is to see, it makes me mad that the threat of separation hadn't been foremost in their minds since they joined, and ultimately gave birth to their 400+ babies. And exactly where their priorities were BEFORE the state had to step in?
Having raised 4 daughters, the thought, (not only) of (having them taken away; but) allowing them to lose their innocence to a decades older man, simply disgusts me. And under the subterfuge or cover of religion...
Note: The FLDS practice polygamy in arranged marriages, sometimes between underage girls and older men. The group has thousands of followers in two side-by-side towns in Arizona and Utah.
How many times we have been taught that "ignorance of the law is no excuse" ?
The United States of America has long passed laws regarding the safety and sanctity of children.
Pretending those laws are for someone else is an idiotic way to live.
I am thinking that these people would be in the same league as the man from Green Bay...
...Shortly before his 20th birthday, he had sex with a 15 year old girl. For this, he went to prison for however long, (I really don't remember what they reported, and I really don't care how long he was there- It wasn't long enough).
Out of prison now, he has lived with his now girlfriend in Green Bay.
That relationship has since terminated, Boo~Hoo, and he must find new housing. .
But hey, Green Bay has already passed its laws regarding housing for any sexual predators.
hehehe There isn't any room.
Newsflash for ya Buddy is that you can't live there!
(The poor damn sod has now contacted the ACLU because nobody will rent to him).
If you ask me, he violated his own civil rights LONG ago. Surely by the time a man is 19 he knew full well that what he was doing is statutory rape.
In my little opinion, both of these instances are due to knowing the law, breaking it, and then trying to pass the buck off on someone/something else.
When they have done it to themselves!!!
What DO they expect?
By any stretch of the imagination I am no angel; but I do not believe I have selfishly and ignorantly harmed other people either.
I feel worse for the babies that may never know their roots, or their mothers and fathers.
And I feel so damn sad for even knowing that this crap continues to happen.
It is simply the difference between right and wrong.
And yes, it IS that simple!
"Free Will" comes to mind...
You have made your choices. Your children will make their own choices.
But know this, you do the crime, you do the time.
And you suffer any ramifications thereof.
God Bless America, and may He doubly bless the children.
Have a "F" Friday!
hehehe
I can't think of a single decent adjective... (Can you)?
XOXO,
Anne
PS
Casey will be bringing me in shortly to fix my head...
If it works I won't be on too much...
Pray for the coma...
