Polygamyist Mormon has many wives

How did his tax filing appear: 60 deductions? Polygamy was once accepted by the Mormons. One reason may have been that you could not recruit enough women to travel westward into the untamed territory. You could...

Senate Could Reject Illinois Appointment, Minnesota Victor

Minnesota could be the bigger problem.Illinois likely will impeach Blagojevichand end that issue but the race in Minnesorais close, there could be recounts and it maycome to a partisan party line vote in the...

Half of polygamists' custody cases dropped

"SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) -- Child by child, Texas authorities are acknowledging that many of the children seized during a raid on a polygamist sect's ranch can safely live with their parents or guardians. ...

Want to look like a Utah Polygamist? Now you can!

While I personally would rather see women be more modest (compared to the thong bikinis and some of the clothing of today) I think that much like the traditional burka, this is a little extreme. "DALLAS – Just...

Polygamy here to stay, say Muslim leaders

" A SMALL number of Victorian Muslims are living in polygamist relationships but shouldn't be seen as a threat to Australia's way of life, Islamic community members say. Some Muslim men, mainly from Sudan, Jordan or Egypt, have immigrated with two or more wives, but their...

Polygamist sect`s children to be returned

"More than 400 children taken from a Texas polygamous sect will be returned to their families immediately, a court official said Monday, two months after they were seized over abuse allegations.A Texas judge ordered that the state's Child Protective Services (CPS) begin the...

Texas agrees to reunite 12 polygamist sect children with parents

Twelve children taken from the Texas polygamist ranch last month will be reunited with their parents, for now anyway. State child welfare authorities appealed a court ruling today that said the seizure of more...

Court: Texas had no right to take polygamists' children

"SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) -- The state of Texas should not have removed the more than 460 children it took from a polygamist sect's ranch because it didn't prove they were in "imminent enough" danger, an appeals court ruled Thursday....

Court: Texas had no right to take polygamists' children

"SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) -- The state of Texas should not have removed the more than 460 children it took from a polygamist sect's ranch because it didn't prove they were in "imminent enough" danger, an appeals court ruled Thursday....

Texas sect girls 'mostly mothers'

A disturbing update in the ongoing saga of the Texas polygamist sect."More than half of the teenage girls removed from a polygamist sect in Eldorado, Texas, are either mothers or currently pregnant, US officials say.All 463 children on the Yearning For Zion Ranch were taken...

Polygamous sect members live normal lives

I've been checking my news reader all night, and this same headline keeps resurfacing: "Sect members live 'normal' life on polygamous church ranch."Call me crazy, but if it's a major news event that a group leads...

CPS relocates 416 youths seized from polygamous sect

The children raided in the Texas polygamist sect have been relocated."Texas Child Protective Services moved 416 children Monday from a West Texas historical park to two other locations in preparation for a hearing that could decide whether the youths should be put in foster...

Polygamist Moms Fight for Custody of Kids

UPDATE: 7:38PM ESTMost of the children taken from the Texas polygamist compound were moved to a different location today after complaints emerged about the conditions of the place there were staying in.ABC News is...

Rangers talk with polygamist ranch suspect

Today rangers had a meeting with, but did not arrest, Dale Evans Barlow, the man accused by a teenage girl of physically and sexually abusing her at the Texas polygamist compound." Arizona probation officials said...

Update: 401 children from polygamist sect in custody

News continues to fow out of Texas after the raid of a large polygamist sect. The number of children now in protective custody is quite large."Texas officials said Monday that they had taken more than 400 children...

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