Tip sheet called offensive by FLDS members
SAN ANGELO, Texas - A tip sheet provided to Texas case workers working with women and children from a polygamous sect has outraged an attorney working with their families, who says it promotes unfounded stereotypes.
The "Cultural Competencies" tip sheet warns that workers should expect FLDS members to be fearful, self-destructive and distrustful of government.
Sect members believe "other religions and gentiles are doing Satan's work," it says, and warns that mothers may display "learned and enforced helplessness" that renders them incapable of making decisions for their children.
Salt Lake City attorney Rod Parker, acting as a spokesman for the families, said the sheet was put together with the help of anti-polygamy activists and exemplifies the state's bias in dealing with the religious sect.
http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_9020363
Dang! They try to be culturally sensitive and prepare caseworkers for differences and challenges they might face, and they get slammed for that too. I really think that if they had put these women up in the Ritz, they still would have come up with complaints.