"Children want their parents to be heroes. In polygamy, parents weren't our heroes. They were our bogeymen." Flora Jessop is the Author of "Church of Lies" and a former Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint sect member. She also is working to establish a foundation for young girls who also escape polygamist sects.
Warren Jeff’s has dismissed lawyers and aids. He is now asking Judge Barbara Walther for additional time to prepare his own defense. Last Thursday the Polygamist leader's trial started. He is being charged with two counts of sexual assault for raping two under-aged girls and fathering a child with one of them if convicted he may receive up to 119 years in prison.
In his testimony on Friday, Jeffs said there was no crime, explaining that he and both girls had a “spiritual” marriage bond. He went on to say that the FLDS must “follow the law set out for it by God.”
“If we do not live these laws we are damned here and hereafter. We believe in a marriage system of eternity called celestial marriage, wherein celestial means heavenly authorized, not to be intervened by government intervention,” Jeffs said.
Jeffs ended his speech by saying, “Amen.”1 (Christianpost.com)
At this point I am just baffled that the above still goes on as a parent and a woman are we not suppose to protect are children. Not offer them up to be used sexual by a man. Light has been shed on the sex trade to me the line is not that much different in the case above the use of young girls to satisfy the sexual urges of grown men.
Reference
Agomuoh, F. (2011, July 29). Warren Jeffs Trial: Defends “Spiritual” Marriage, Polygamy. Retrieved from http://www.christianpost.com/news/warren-jeffs-trial-defends-spiritual-marriage-polygamy-53078/
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Let's see how this pans out!
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