Yet another religious cult raided

[kandrathe]

I don't support the practices and doctrine of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Warren Jeffs, Eldorado or otherwise), but it's outrageous to me that these families are all attacked and Texas is seeking to make all 416 children wards of the State.

"Rangers chose not to place Barlow under arrest, which highlights what media have been noting all week -- that authorities might be investigating the wrong man. Barlow, who is from Colorado City, Ariz., has denied the allegations of abuse, and has said he does not know the 16-year-old girl whose March 29 call to a domestic violence hotline sparked the raid on the Eldorado compound built by polygamist leader Warren Jeffs."

No Mr. Barlow, and now no Sarah Barlow... With no 'Sarah,' CPS asks to drop her case.

I watched the Nova episode on PBS last night regarding the Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Nova - A Walk to Beautiful. It is an epidemic in poor Africa due to young girls having babies too early and damaging their bodies (sometimes permanently). It is very sad, because their society shuns the poor young women who are really the victims of their societies beliefs. The women often attempt or successfully commit suicide, rather than live as outcasts. It made me think of this case, and contrast the similarities and differences.