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WEll, it's not actually what he said, but it certainly is where his testimony leads:
Walther also overruled objections from the parents' attorneys to allow psychiatrist Bruce Perry of Texas to take the stand this morning. Perry has worked with children from the Branch Davidian sect, whose compound in Waco, Texas, was burned down during an 1993 FBI siege that claimed the lives of 76 people, 21 of them children.
Attorney Tip Hargrove, who represents two FLDS women, elicited Perry's admission that he has never spoken with a leader of the FLDS nor read the church's doctrine, but knew of the faith through news reports.
The psychiatrist said that after spending months counseling the Branch Davidian children, he has consulted on other isolationist groups such as the Moon children and Posse Comitatus.
Perry said he has found much to be admired about the FLDS. The mothers are loving and respectful of their children, he said. But, he said, "the environment is authoritarian."
Perry said a 17-year-old in custody told him how her father asked her at 14 if she wanted to go to Zion, the YFZ Ranch. He said she agreed, and when they arrived at the ranch, she was told the prophet had advised she should marry a particular older man.
The girl told the psychiatrist she had a choice in the matter, but he was dubious.
"Young girls who are 14, 15 or 16 are not emotionally mature enough to enter into healthy sexual relationships," he said.
I totally agree, which is why I object to sex ed programs that give contraceptives and other forms of birth control to minor children without their parents' knowledge or consent. And here we have expert testimony that parents who provide birth control to their teens under 16 are complicit in sexual abuse, so let's see the state of Texas go after all of them.
(I'm leaving, I'm leaving!)
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I've been following this case and your posts about it. And agree. Wholeheartedly.
Something just smelled on this one from the very beginning.
I'd also like to know when the authorities will begin arresting "women" 16 and under at the labor & delivery doors. Bet they'll get a lot that aren't FLDS.
Hmmmmmm?
I won't hold my breath.
Texas allowed girls 14, 15 or 16 to marry until 2005!
Is it not worse for society for teens that age to "hook up" with dozens of different young men (probably immature and also underage) and perhaps have a baby or two out of wedlock?
Clearly CPS needs to come after the three of us for our subversive opinions.
Just got back from a long, late drive from DFW, where I heard the most despicable radio ad from A.M. 570. They said San Angelo had been out of media attention since the Dallas Cowboys left, but now the town had been descended upon by 416 children, 350 lawyers, and "200 oddly dressed mothers." Then they said, "The circus is back in town, and we're covering every ring."
I'm speechless and enraged. Just so, so despicable. No care for those children at all.
I think I'm starting to be glad I moved away from the land of three conservative talk radio stations.
I am of course up late reading updates on the case.
Pray for Shannon's two year old daughter. Tonight she's kidnapped from her mommy and may never see her again.
Hi, everyone.
I have such mixed feelings about this situation. I feel very badly for the women and children, in particular. It seems to me this group is a 'paradise' for men, at women's and children's expense.
Here is a website which is owned by a woman who escaped from the FLDS 'ranch' some years ago, to avoid an arranged marriage to a much-older man, and now she helps other girls escape, too. I'd like to hear your comments.
http://helpthechildbrides.com/
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