Without 1 piece of evidence and against all reason and moral justification, authorities in Texas are hard at work destroying the lives of the members of the Fundamental Church Of Latter Day Saints (FDLS).  There was a supposed phone call that claimed a girl of 16 was being forced to have sex with an older man. The caller has not been found but the call came from Colorado although the group lives on a ranch in Texas. In other words - Texas acted without reason, cause, or justification as further court appeals will hopefully demonstrate.   The FDLS practices polygamy which the Mormons gave up a while ago.  Their leader, Warren Jeffs, was arrested a few months back for fraud and tax evasion. 

 All of the more than 460 children and youths removed from a polygamist sect’s ranch this month are now in foster homes, a Texas Child Protection Services representative said Friday. The last 260 children and youths were bused from the San Angelo Coliseum on Friday. Although some were still in transit Friday afternoon, he said, they would be in foster homes — most of them boys and girls ranches — by Friday night. On Thursday, 63 children were moved out of the coliseum and into foster care and 64 adult women were also moved out. Seventeen of those women were allowed to stay in a shelter with their infant children, but another 47 women were separated from their children. Of those, seven women chose to return to the YFZ Ranch, and another 40 opted to go to "a separate location." Among those moved to foster care Thursday were 25 girls believed to be minors, all of them with children, who previously claimed to be older than 18. 

So our hypocritical paternalistic government has now placed mothers into foster care because they are supposedly under 18 years of age.  These mothers and their children were living peaceful, healthy, and prosperous lives until Big Brother appeared at the gate to take over their lives. This same government pays out billions of dollars per month across the USA to underage welfare mothers who intentionally get pregnant and have children just to collect the check.  These dregs of society populate urban and rural ghettos and keep drug dealers in business - when they are not practicing prostitution and neglecting and abusing their children.  The children of these welfare mothers have the most dismal prospects for a good life in America - if they survive the neglect and abuse into adulthood.

Why is it okay for an unwed 16 year-old in the slums of Dallas to have 2 children supported by government welfare while a 16 year-old at the lovely and prosperous FDLS ranch has her children stolen by the state and is herself put into custody even though she and her children were in a loving supportive family environment?