You know, i really keep thinking "today will be the day when I have only 1 or 2 articels and I can really dive into them and have some convo about them". But no, today we have yet another handful of articles to explore, so lets get to it!
First, a simply amazing article by Carolyn Jessop, the author of Escape. Here, she defines what the role of a mother in the FLDS community is - and isn't.
Woman learns to be a mother outside FLDS
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/0511vip-jessop0511.html
Excerpts
As incredible as it might seem, I had to learn to kiss and hug my children again. I was always affectionate with my first child, Arthur. It came naturally to me. But in the FLDS, women are not supposed to show affection to their children. It's conferring value on an individual, and only the prophet and the head of the family are allowed to do that.
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Some women manage to forge a connectedness, but many do not. Most children attach to another child for survival and protection like children do in orphanages.
May 13th
White House denies receiving letter from FLDS member
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9235389
Excerpt
A White House official said Monday they had not received the letter that Willie Jessop, a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, told another newspaper he hand-delivered to Bush staffers.
May 12th
Today Show: Polygamy sect parents say state has scattered children
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24576081/
With Video!
Excerpt
The Dockstaders have a daughter who has a 2-year-old daughter of her own. They say their daughter is 23; CPS officials say she is 16. Nancy Dockstader said she has provided officials with a birth certificate and that her daughter has a valid Texas driver’s license showing that she is 23, but state officials have said they don’t believe her.
The Road to Eldorado: Expelled from the FLDS
http://www.swtexaslive.com/node/6857
Excerpt
Almost four years have passed since Holm was awarded 50/50 custody of his children by a judge in Kingman, Arizona, 250 miles away from the FLDS communities in Hildale, Utah, or Colorado City, Arizona. “On the state line, Hildale is the compound. Each has their own city councils, made up entirely of FLDS people loyal to Warren,” Holm says. “But now, it’s getting to be more and more people that are not loyal to warren; some other private landowners and other free-thinking people, and people of other religious persuasions.
Ex-FLDS member exploring custody solutions
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700225075,00.html
Excerpt
"I recommended to CPS that everything possible be done to reunite these children with their mothers as soon as was reasonably possible," he said. "I can understand, however, CPS's justifiable concern that these mothers have to be strong enough that they can prevent their child from being abused."
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