mh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Baraya,
Nyandung teh geuning laku oge di Amrik.
Nyanggakeun, kenging ti milis sabeulah.
salam,
mh
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Dengan membawa poster antara lain berbunyi "I Love All
My-Moms" sekitar 250 orang termasuk remaja belasan
tahun berdemonstrasi mendukung poligami. Beritanya ada
di bawah:
Teens defend polygamy at Utah rally
By JENNIFER DOBNER, Associated Press WriterSun Aug 20,
5:32 AM ET
Calling their lives blessed, more than a dozen
children and young
adults from polygamist families in Utah spoke at a
rally Saturday,
calling for a change in state laws and the right to
live the life and
religion they choose.
"Because of our beliefs, many of our people have been
incarcerated and
had their basic human rights stripped of them, namely
life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness," said a 19-year-old
identified only as
Tyler. "I didn't come here today to ask for your
permission to live my
beliefs. I shouldn't have to."
Polygamy is banned in the Utah Constitution and is a
felony offense.
The rally was unusual because those who practice
polygamy typically
try to live under the radar.
It drew about 250 supporters to City Hall, said Mary
Batchelor,
co-founder of Principle Voices of Polygamy, which
helped organize the
event.
The youths, ages 10 to 20, belong to various religious
sects, as well
as families that practice polygamy independent of
religious
affiliation. They said they spoke voluntarily. They
gave only their
first names, saying they were protecting the privacy
of their parents.
Dressed in flip-flops and blue jeans, bangs drooping
over their eyes,
the teens at Saturday's rally talked on cell phones
and played rock
music, singing lyrics written to defend their family
life.
All of the speakers praised their parents and families
and said their
lives were absent of the abuse, neglect, forced
marriages and other
"horror stories" sometimes associated with polygamist
communities.
Speakers said that with "dozens of siblings" and
multiple "moms" they
are well supported, encouraged to be educated, and can
make their own
choices about marriage.
"We are not brainwashed, mistreated, neglected,
malnourished,
illiterate, defective or dysfunctional," 17-year-old
Jessica said. "My
brothers and sisters are freethinking, independent
people; some who
have chosen this lifestyle, while others have branched
out to a
diversity of religions."
First brought to Utah by members of The Church of
Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints in 1846, polygamy was abandoned by
Mormons as a
condition of statehood in 1890. The church now
excommunicates members
found to be practicing plural marriage. It also
disavows those who
call themselves "fundamentalist Mormons," although
most Utah-based
polygamists identify themselves with those terms.
Fundamentalists split with the Mormon church in the
19th century and
continue to believe plural marriage is the key to
eternal salvation.
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On the Net:
Principle Voices of Polygamy:
http://www.principlevoices.org
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