Colorado City

about the plan: we know the problem ill send you a picture of the problem if you havent already seen the so called prophet the state has taken custody of girls there and they have been married off while in custody the autoritys in the city are polygamists themselves. what needs to be done is to get the whole country in an uproar about this situation by contacting the big news broadcasts like FOXnews CNN and MSNBC if the vast majority of people in the country the politics will change ex: the politians want re-election that isnt happening if they arent liked by the people. people mad=action to please the people.

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If I remember my facts correctly, sometime in the 1950s, the governor of Arizona at the time ordered a raid on the town to try and clean up. The media came in and aired some of what was going on. Most of what was aired were sob stories of children in the streets crying after being seperated from their families, etc.

This caused a lot of bad publicity for the state government at the time. I believe it's the fear of this same bad publicity repeating itself that has prevented anyone else in government from acting.

I don't have a problem with people practicing polygamy. What 2, 3, 4, etc *consenting adults* want to do with their personal lives is their own business. It's when they force people into it, and when children and abuse are involved, that I (and probably many others) have a problem.

this is true but polygamy is illeagal and could be another argument for going after those people. as for the popularity issue and the sob storys its because of the fact the people in the town have no education and have been brainwashed since they were little. the kids are held in freezing water for emotion so the emotions are just to get the public to back off you know?

I understand completely, and I agree that I think something should be done. I'm just trying to explain why I think nothing really has been done.

understanding why no action has been taken could be the key to changing it you know? so its a good idea to know

I understand that you don't have a problem with polygamy as a whole, but the problem is that their kids grow up in an unstable home and usually become polygamists because their parents told them its ok or they know nothing else the women in colorado city are forced into it but they dont know that its wrong so they just continue to think that the men in the city are supurior to them. If the polygamy ended they would know that what happens is wrong. This isnt just colorado city either. this is just the tip of the iceberg If we have any hope of stoping the abuse of these polygamists then we have to send a message to the people of these relationships that abuse such as what is happening in colorado city will not be tolerated!! I am currently creating a site that will provide information to people like me who want this stoped plz post information that could help me in stoping the abuse of citys like this one

the women in colorado city are forced...

That's the problem right there. It doesn't matter if they are polygamists. It doesn't matter if, in turn, their kids grow up to be polygamists. The whole problem is that they are being forced into it. And that anyone who speaks out against it is abused, or that people are just abused in general. That is the problem.

You need to be careful about what you target, and not to confuse polygamy with abuse. It is perfectly fine for a group of adults to live together, in consent, and to do whatever they'd like to each other in private. This is a completely separate issue than abuse, and it needs to be addressed separately. I think that if you separate it properly and try to tackle the abuse, you will get more supporters and be more successful.

wait a minute here polygamy clearly creates unstable situations for the child, they have no knowledge of whatis correct for them to do and they willingly go into abusive situations because the don't know any better

wait a minute here polygamy clearly creates unstable situations for the child

What are you basing that on?

these people have like 50 kids they need a mother and a father to care for them! the dad has no time for the kids he just has them and leaves em to the mom