I'm stoked to see that pretty much everyone on this thread is now completely educated about this group of monsters and that those defending their "rights" have become somewhat silent after learning the truth about the FLDS and how the mothers are either brainwashed, complict in the abuse or simply too beaten down and controlled to protect their children. Regardless of why, these moms cannot protect their kids and are likely a danger to them as they will either help the abusers abuse them, will abuse them themselves, or will stand by and do nothing. Having these mothers housed with their children where they can continue to tell them to be silent about the abuse or they will got to hell, would be a tragic mistake and I'm glad Texas stopped that. They scare me!! That one who kept smiling: Talk about Stepford wife!! She looks like a robot. And all of them seem so rehearsed and phony. The fact is, in these homes/communities, you have a bunch of children either raising themselves because some of the sisterwives refuse to do so, or they are too mentally ill to do so after years of degradation and abuse, leaving the lesser sister wives to handle the task alone along with the regular slave labor most of these women must endure. One or two women cannot properly raise 20-40 kids alone, with love and attention to each. So, there is chaos and a lack of parenting. Couple that with the fact that these same, neglected children then get married at 13, 14, 15, 16, and have children at the same time, when they are too young to be equipped to do so, you open the door for even more neglect or abuse. Carolyn Jessop talked about watching mothers routinely slap their small children as hard as they could and this was pre-Warren Jeffs era. Imagine the pressure these women are under, with often evil sister wives and evil husbands, not enough food, little warmth or affection from anyone else (how many have described life in the FLDS) and then one can see that abuse is even more likely to occur. My fear is that people will be fooled by the PR of this group and Texas will be pressured to wrap the case up and release these kids. I really hope it does not happen but I'm afraid it could.
By the way, did anyone happen to catch that on the video tour of the compound, the woman showed a picture of her kid as a baby and then said, "These are people who came to visit her when she was born." Those people appeared to be mostly children in the photo and I have no doubt they were the baby's siblings. These nuts are such liars and so revolting to me. After following the stories about the FLDS for years - I am obsessed - I am so happy that the truth about them is coming out, especially on this site where it's much too hard to bullsh*&t. You guys had it all figured out in a matter of days - what took me years to learn. Great sleuthing as always!!!!!!!!!!!!