September 26, 2007

Warren Jeffs found guilty

This verdict is good to see. This is what needs to be done about this kind of so-called fundamentalist Mormon sects. This is what we should be doing to Winston Blackmore in Bountiful. It's the sexual assault and coercion that's the problem, not the polygamy itself (note that the rape Jeffs was convicted of abetting was within a monogamous "marriage".

I have huge admiration for the courage of this young woman, who was willing to come forward and testify against the man who controlled so much of her life. We shouldn't expect this kind of extraordinary courage, but we should really give credit where it's due. Because there wouldn't have been either a charge or a conviction without this young woman's courage.

Interestingly enough, the husband is now being charged as well. It will be interesting to see how that shakes out. I wonder why he wasn't the focus of the case in the first place?

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