In the book, they "marriage" very young children and have full control over those children. Warren Jeffs forced the marriages of children and required them to have sex. He was convicted on charges of abuse in the case of a 14 year old, but a number of the women who have fled the cult have done so because they feared their young children would become victims.
Under the Banner of Heaven was heavily vetted by the publishes, and the second edition includes statements by the author debunking claims from the Mormons of errors on his part. I found it very believable and very scary. I do find it a bit amusing that Mitt insists that marriage had always been between one man and one woman, yet his ancestors were polygamous. I also found it very bizarre when his wife stated that they don't have sex. Do we really want a man with his finger on the trigger who isn't getting laid, and likely has a severe case of cerebral spermicitus? On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:38 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have no problem with polygamy and polyamoury, no more than I do with gay > marriage. > > What consenting adults do between themselves is their problem. > > Define very young? Also what year are we talking about? Everyone used to > get married at 12 or 15, that's not 3. > > Again, I think all religion is crazy, and Mormons more than most, but that > book and other things I read mainly sound like hit pieces. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355039 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
