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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

repent, do your duty

even though you are only 14 or 15 (or goddess knows how YOUNG), spread your legs for your new (AND OLDER) 'husband'.

jeffs and everyone like him need to be locked up for good. taken off of the streets. it hasn't happened yet. whole towns are run by people with these beliefs. mayors and law enforcement and owners of hardware stores.....................

well after all it's ONLY a grrrl child isn't it?

Polygamy and Forced Sex in the Name of God

By Ellen Goodman, Washington Post Writers Group.

............To hear the alleged victim, known only as Jane Doe, describe her marriage is to be as deeply saddened as the jury was. After resisting Jeffs' order to marry her 19-year-old first cousin, she found herself at the altar, head hanging, forcing out the words, "OK, I do." After refusing sex, she went back to Jeffs for counsel and was told to "repent," to "do your duty," and be "obedient." And so the girl who didn't know what sex was or where children came from says she was forced to submit to her husband.
Did this teenager make her own choice? We forget how the rules governing consent have changed. Conflicting state laws now navigate between a girl's sexual maturity and her vulnerability. In many states, including Utah, a girl can marry with her parents' permission at a younger age than she can have sex.
But this case raises a different question about consent. How much power did the religious leader wield over the 14-year-old? If you refused to marry the chosen husband, Doe testified, you would "lose your chance at salvation." How could she refuse to obey the husband who was "my ticket into heaven"?...............

3 comments:

Commander Zaius said...

I'm not trying in any way to be funny but this report has given me the skin crawling creeps on so many levels.

Anonymous said...

The creepiest thing about this whole thing to me is that what that bastard did in his 'community' is very similar to what the founder of the Mormon church did back in the mid 1800's . . . . and his 'movement' became a big, influential religion.

Unknown said...

me too bb, me too

rick you know better than anyone...
however, i am NOT just picking on lds. all religions have their 'out there' side.

what i want to know why does the 'secret' or even the supreme being get revealed to only ONE PERSON? why not US ALL? huh?