Breakaway Mormon Sect Moves to Texas

[nemorathwald]

Click here to read a riveting news story on the website of the Southern Poverty Law Center. It's a story of child brides, rabid racism, multiple wives, and a secretive, religious dictator. A new Waco confrontation could be imminent.

David Allen Steed leads "a breakaway Mormon sect known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS)."

"In the two years since he became prophet, Jeffs has ordered all dogs shot; closed the town zoo; forbidden television, holidays, movies and music; banned laughter; forbidden swimming and water sports, and sent "God Squads" of young men to inspect residences and report any violations of his edicts."

--From the first page. Reading the story it just gets worse and worse. This is happening in America.

Comments

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

They had two girls from this group on Dr. Phil last week. Basically, they had run away from home at age 16 to avoid arranged marriages, and were feeling guilty about it. The things they said were normal parts of life were just appalling.

Of course, almost any organized religion has elements of fascism, so it's sometimes hard to know where to draw the line between acceptable and not.

Yes, these guys are clearly way over that line. IMO.