...were the children. Are you happy with them being returned to their parents? Their other option was foster care. Which do you think is a more dangerous situation. The FLDS have vowed to end underage marriage. Do you believe them?
The 9 O' Clock Hour Rundown
Doug criticized FLDS elder, Willie Jessop, who issued a statement that all marriages within his church are consensual. Tell that to Elisa Wall, who was dragged kicking and screaming to her husband. Still, Doug said the best place the children can be now is with their parents, not child protective services. Doug laid out the lesson learned by the Texas authorities: even when suspicion is widespread, justice is one person at a time. The FLDS raid shouldn’t have been treated as a class action.
A caller wanted to know when we will wake up and crack down on polygamy. Doug told him that the sign of a true conservative is the ability to realistically assess a situation, and not be idealistic to the extent that nothing gets done. Doug quotes Utah Attorney Mark Shurtleff who said that for now, the right course is to only act to prevent confirmed abuse.
Another caller argued that we’re all breaking the law in some way, and she saw the whole raid as outrageous. Doug responds that there are tough questions that need to be answered. If there are 100,000 polygamists in the U.S., how are we going to prevent abuse while being realistic?
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