every individual is entitled to their constitutional rights.
even the children.
there are two issues here.
1) do the children’s rights not to be abused in the practice of the FLDS religion override the right of the adults to abuse their children in the practice of said religion?
2) does the state of Texas have the right to enforce it’s own laws?
the individuals in the commune are not separable.
the women could have kept their children by turnin over the perps.
they chose not to.
so they have joined the perpetrators as accomplices and enablers.
the judge said, that “all the children were at risk, either of being abused or becoming abusers.”
the apellate court argued that in SOME cases the abuse was a minimal risk because of the very young age of the child.
12 children were returned to their bio mothers.
So yes michele, even polygs are innocent until proven guilty, UNLESS THERE IS SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE.
if abuse is suspected then it is SOP to remove the child from the environment immediately.
not after the innocence or guilt of the suspected abuser has been resolved.
