Worth the repost.
May. 15th, 2008 02:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hoveringsombreroFrom a link just posted in another community, this is an EXCELLENT article. It's a little Canada specific but it's topical.
And it addresses a point I keep ranting on to J, regarding the Bountiful flds group, but also applicable to the recent issues in Texas. And I quote (bolding mine):
"If the RCMP were to arrest Blackmore and his followers under the polygamy laws, their polygamy would be treated as proxy for what many believe is child and spousal abuse. In addition to being a cruel and unfair portrait of poly people, it's lazy police work. Laws against child and spousal abuse are on the books. If the folks in Bountiful are abusers, arrest them for that. Leave poly out of it."
And it addresses a point I keep ranting on to J, regarding the Bountiful flds group, but also applicable to the recent issues in Texas. And I quote (bolding mine):
"If the RCMP were to arrest Blackmore and his followers under the polygamy laws, their polygamy would be treated as proxy for what many believe is child and spousal abuse. In addition to being a cruel and unfair portrait of poly people, it's lazy police work. Laws against child and spousal abuse are on the books. If the folks in Bountiful are abusers, arrest them for that. Leave poly out of it."
