SHAME on Texas Authorities for Separating Over 400 Children from their Mothers.

I have waited until I got all the facts that I could possibly find before blogging on this, but now I will.
The Texas Raid of the FLDS is one of the BIGGEST TRAVESTIES of CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS EVER!

Here is the facts: On March 29 and 30, Texas police authorities received a call from inside the ranch by a 16-year old girl who said she is married to-- and has an 8 month old child by-- Dale Barlow who has previously been convicted of conspiracy to commit sexual contact with a minor. In response, Police obtained a warrant from state District Judge Barbara Walther ordering the arrest of Dale Barlow, and authorizing seizure of any records or documents on the marriage of Barlow to the 16-year-old and the resulting birth of their child. It also orders the seizure of computer equipment, hard drives and data storage equipment, DVDs, videotapes and photographs.
This should have been the End of it. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.....
Once inside the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Police started REMOVING Children from their Mothers.
Why, I kept asking myself?? These Mothers have done nothing wrong. If anything, they may be victims themselves of the Men within the sect.
Anyway, the whole reason that the Police went in is because of an anonymous call by this girl who they could not even find when they went to the Ranch.

So again I yell louder now at the TV; WHY ARE THE POLICE FORCIBLY REMOVING THESE WOMEN FROM THEIR OWN CHILDREN WHEN NO ONE HAS CLAIMED THAT THEY (the Women) DID ANYTHING WRONG???

Something is wrong here. How can a raid of this magnitude happen from just one *unverified* phone call. Is this America? Are your children safe?

This is still America ...I think. And I am wondering how a judge can order the removal of ALL women and ALL children from their homes based on a warrant for the arrest of ONE man and in looking for ONE young woman described by the 9-1-1 caller as an abused victim.

While outsiders view the polygamist cult as an abomination, others view the secular world as equally abominable. Brainwashing seems to be a bad thing if the girls don't wear make-up, dress "like they were from a different era", and don't have access to TV and movies. Oh horrors! How could people live such a life?!?!

Well, I guarantee that some see the secular abuse of women happening all the time -their subjugation by the culture to act and dress like whores. They are no better off in secular society being treated as if they are lesser, non-intelligent human beings. Let your kids play with the Bratz dolls that look like little hookers? I imagine the little girls seized illegally in TX play with baby dolls, not Bratz dolls.

Who are the sick people exactly? The members of the cult or the outside, secular world full of its "sexy" images of women which keep them at the mercy of men just as the cult may? At least in the cult, they marry the young women and don't just have multiple "dumpings" and illegitimate children as happens in the secular realm.

And to the legal question: we are guaranteed personal and religious liberty in our Constitution. Illegal search and seizure of property or persons is not lawful. Only looking for the person being charged and for the victim of a crime is lawful -not rounding up everyone whose beliefs the world at large disagrees with.

The confiscation of children from their parents by the state like this smacks of totalitarianism. This is the sort of thing done by Nazis and Communists.

This looks like the law and the courts are out of control. I don't see any evidence only allegation. The problem today is that in this Nitwit Nation allegation is seen as equal to evidence. It isn't. The law enforcement in this case had better have darn good evidence. It looks to me like this mass separation is being used to coerce evidence. My bet is law enforcement will keep the parties separated until they can fabricate the evidence they need to prosecute.

Let me put it to you this way; What crime have the kids committed? Why are they being dealt the most drastic punishment imaginable - separation from their mothers and fathers - for no known reason?

The state of Texas has not found one single crime against these children yet. Even if they do find one or two, how can that be a reason for taking dozens, maybe hundreds of children away from their mothers?

The kids are the victims here - not of the parents, but of the incredible, unbelievable cruelty of the state of Texas authorities. If there is evidence of cruelty by the families to these kids, where is it?

Look, I am a huge fan of Texas. I have many friends there. But what is the attorney general of Texas doing? This is an Orwellian nightmare. For no reason except what looks like a crank call, the lives of these children have been turned upside down and into a screaming horror movie.

Can't someone say the obvious here? That in this case, it's not the Mormons who are the criminals, it's the government of Texas.

Governor Perry, wake up and give those kids back to their mothers until you have some compelling, proven reason to do otherwise. What your state is doing here is Gestapo tactics pure and simple.

Look, I am not a fan of polygamy. For one thing, it's all any man can do keeping up with one wife. For another, it's against the law in this country.

But the polygamists that have been in the news have been operating for decades. The authorities knew about it, and them. They didn't do a thing about it for all those years!

The government is taking more and more liberty with our liberties. Better watch out; you or your church group could be next.

Jimbo