May
22
Please be certain of one thing: I do not practice polygamy.
I don’t see the issues going on in Texas as strictly limited to the followers of Warren Jeffs. I believe they are misguided, and I believe that breaking the law of the land is wrong; they should not be marrying underage girls.
But I also believe that the State of Texas overstepped its bounds when it seized the children of those people without due process. The argument used to remove the children was that they were in danger. Today, though, a Texas appeals court ruled that the State did not show sufficient evidence that the children were in danger, and did not have the right to take the children.
I am glad of this ruling. If the actions of Texas had been allowed to stand, what argument could have been made to protect other children from unlawful seizure by the state? The next time around, it could have been anyone’s children. Texas used the law to kidnap those children, plain and simple.
Texas may find that they have a tiger by the tail with these people. Not only do they have large financial resources, they are fierce proponents of the founding laws of our country. They believe that the current laws which are being enforced against them are unconstitutional, and any actions taken against them in the pursuit of that enforcement will be vigorously challenged. Texas may end up paying them a large settlement for violating their civil rights.
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