The more I hear about this case involving over 400 children taken from this FLDS sect in Texas, the less I like it. If in fact there has been child abuse, of course, action to stop it must go forward.
But: it sounds like the original call, alleging abuse, was a hoax.
There have been females who belong to the sect, who were pregnant and recently had children, who were claimed to be under-age...and then it turned out they weren't.
Many of these children have been taken away from their parents and put in foster care, even though there were no allegations against their mothers and fathers.
And now it looks like the whole case is going to cost the state of Texas over $30 million, by the time it's all done.
What a mess. And yet some liberal acquaintances support this state action, mainly because they intensely dislike the beliefs of the FLDS sect. Fundamental: beware of giving the state this kind of power.
