Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
It's my understanding (forgive me if I'm mistaken) that there was at least one pregnant 14 year old in that group. If so, that pretty much speaks to the truth, don't you think? And a DNA test should provide proof of who the father is.

In general, though, I agree that the government busybodies do wield too much power in similar cases. But then, in many of these religious communities, the leader tends to wield a hell of a lot more power. I often wonder how many of the people involved are truly there voluntarily, rather than being afraid to speak out against someone who controls their family.
That may well be 'propaganda' and even if not, may well be just a teenage pregnancy. Or it could be an adult male in power forcing his will on the innocent, but we may well never know.

Regardless, it's become pretty clear there has been abuse of power by the DA and Child Services. There courts have said so multiple times. No cause for taking the children. Now (or recently, I've been offline of late) Child Services says they understand the situation but must "investigate" further. Damn... if you or I ignored a court order they'd toss us in jail. These "social workers" clearly think they're above the law.