Look at myspace.. you have 12-13 yr old girls "pimping" themselves out. You have young teenage girls being indoctrinated into gangs. THONGS sold at preteen shops.
I personally know of a girl who was 13, and moved into an apartment with her 18 year old boyfriend. She was pregnant. Her grandmother (who raised her) gave permission for her to move in with him.
Do we take the babies from all of the above families?? Grab the kids, ask questions later. On to foster homes..
and the horror of that. Good luck with that, because this type of behavior is rampant in our society.
CPS apparantly thought they were above the law in that raid. I do believe in protecting children, but this group is drunk on their own power. I hope they get their asses sued.
The FLDS raid was carried out on a HOAX. Warren Jeffs is a pedophile, and he is in jail for it, as he should be. To take all of these babies and children from a mother as punishment for Warren Jeffs, with NO evidence that these children were being harmed.. that is very scary to me.
The other side of the story on this is horrific.
I find it repugnant that this group advocates marrying young girls to older men, but I find the myspace profiles of so many young girls.. the sexual initiation into gangs, the latchkey kids turning tricks for spending money, to be equally repugnant.
At least the FLDS kids have some economic safety net, and a social role in their society.
On another note, I would bet that we still have arranged marriages with old school Asians in this country.