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2004
Polygamy
- 2/5/04 AG says steps being made to stop polygamy
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard pledged Wednesday that state and
local authorities are taking every possible step to end child rape and forced
polygamous marriages in Colorado City....Read
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- 2/4/2004 Lawmakers
want aggressive AG polygamy action A group of
state lawmakers is demanding more aggressive action from Arizona Attorney
General Terry Goddard on reports of widespread child abuse and welfare fraud in
the polygamous community of Colorado City...Read
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- 1/15/ 2004 Seeking shelter in a storm
Amid flurry of controversy, girls flee polygamous enclave
"I knew at 13 that I didn’t want to live like that," said Fawn
Louise Broadbent, 16, who is staying at a safe house in Phoenix. "I want to
be able to choose who I’m going to marry, and I want to go to a real school,
not a church school. And I want to be a clothing designer, not somebody’s 15th
wife."...Read More
- 1/24/ 2004 Man
to fight expulsion: Chatwin calls FLDS
prophet 'Hitler-like dictator'-
In a prepared speech, Chatwin asked for help in stopping
Jeffs, a man he calls a Hitler-like dictator. "We need your help to stop
Warren S. Jeffs from destroying families, kicking us out of our homes and
marrying our children into some kind of political-dollar, brownie-point
system," Chatwin said. "This Hitler-like dictator has got to be
stopped before he ruins us all and this beautiful town."...Read
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- 1/26/ 2004 Man sentenced for
marrying his 15-year-old cousin -A member of Utah's polygamous Kingston clan was
sentenced Monday to a year in prison for taking a 15-year-old cousin -- who was
also his aunt -- as his wife....Read
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- 2/5/04 Goddard calls for patience in polygamy case
Authorities are making progress in "unprecedented" efforts to
crack down on child abuse and other crimes in the reclusive polygamist enclave
of Colorado City, Attorney General Terry Goddard said Wednesday...Read
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2/18/2004 CPS FAILS THE FAWN’S -When these girls ran, many from this community came forward and offered
help. All of us have been betrayed by a system that has been failing not only
the children in Colorado City but the children of Arizona for many years...Read
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5/20/04 The Polygamists Are Coming!-
One woman carried a large sign that read "The Devil is
Here." Others spoke of fears for their daughters, while men talked of armed
resistance. The local sheriff, wearing a white hat and Colt .45 automatic,
talked about keeping cool heads and not jumping to dire conclusions....Read
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5/25/04 Escape from polygamy- MSNBC- Escape from polygamy. This woman was once a hostage
of marriage, held captive, she says, by her polygamous husband. And when
she tried to break free, she was thrown into a mental hospital...Read
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6/23/04 Bank of
Ephraim's collapse is bad news for big depositors The
Salt Lake Tribune reported on May 5 that the state-chartered bank was in
trouble, in part because of risky loans it had made to residents of the
polygamist enclave at the Utah-Arizona border...Read
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7/27/04 Texans wary as polygamous sect moves in
The arrival of fundamentalist Mormons sounds echoes of the Branch Davidian
fiasco in Waco "Our biggest concern was that we wouldn't be dealing
with another Waco problem here," said Schleicher County Sheriff David
Doran, referring to the Branch Davidian siege in Waco in 1993. "We have
talked to them about polygamous marriages and underage brides and made them very
aware of Texas laws governing sex with a minor. They told us they didn't plan on
practicing that in this community." ...Read
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- 8/1/04 Leaving Short Creek, No Short Trip
As a key tenet of its faith, and a means of control, the Fundamentalist
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints enforces the practice of polygamy,
marrying off girls as young as 15 to adult males for whom multiple, or plural,
wives are considered a passport to salvation...Read
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