On Monday, the Associated Press reported not only Judge Barbara Walther’s ruling that 430 children to be returned to their families, but also that the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) has enacted a ban on marrying underage girls. Congratulations are in order, I think.
Now, there is nothing funny about divinely-sanctioned sexual abuse of adolescent and teenage girls, but the self-loving leaders of this sect of strict interpreters are downright hilarious. Willie Jessop, FLDS elder, said the church has been widely misunderstood. Well, Willie, you are not making it easy, buddy!
True, your council of senior fundamentalists will no longer encourage its membership to wed twelve-year-old girls. Moreover, you will counsel members to implement this earth-shattering new reality. Wow! What a swell bunch of fellas
It goes without saying that girls under the age of consent (by state) are not fit to make adult decisions. In fact, that’s one of the perks to the perpetuation of Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints: keeping the young’uns out of school and in the compound. So what? I’m supposed to be astonished that FLDS has pledged to uphold the law on their ranch? I am not even flinching.
If you want to impress me, outlaw pioneer costumes – or the Ten Commandments.
Bravo to the mini-victory, Lord knows the state of
