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Report: Raid on Polygamous Sect Justified

Dec 31st, 2008 · Last April Texas law enforcement officials raided the compound of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints in Eldorado, Texas. A report last week contends the raid was justified.

Keywords: law · Texas · enforcement · Sects · Eldorado · polygamous

Texas FLDS Parents Reunited with Their Children

Jun 3rd, 2008 · The Texas state Supreme Court ruled that child protective services exceeded its authority when it seized more than 400 children from a ranch in Eldorado. On Monday, parents belonging to the polygamous sect began picking up their children from foster homes scattered across the state.

Keywords: Child · children · protections · Texas · services · Supreme Court · authority · reunite · Sects · Eldorado · polygamous · FLDS

Muslim Immigrants Import Polygamy

May 27th, 2008 · Although polygamy is illegal in the U.S., some Muslim men in America have quietly married multiple wives. No one knows for sure how many Muslims in the U.S. live in polygamous families, but estimates range from 50,000 to 100,000 people.

Keywords: Muslim · immigration · illegal · America · families · married · polygamous · Polygamy

Kids from Polygamous Sect Remain in State Custody *

Apr 28th, 2008 · More than 400 children remain in the care of the state after reports of child sexual abuse prompted a raid on a Texas polygamist compound. Authorities maintain that they are protecting the kids, but families argue there was no evidence of abuse. Guests and callers weigh in on what's best for the children.

Keywords: Child · children · protections · Custody · evidence · Texas · families · callers · Sexual · Sects · Polygamist · polygamous

Officials Using DNA to Sort Polygamy Sect Kids *

Apr 25th, 2008 · Authorities are working to match children from a polygamous sect in West Texas with their biological mothers. Terri Langford of the Houston Chronicle delivers the latest developments after a raid of the compound in El Dorado.

Keywords: children · DNA · chronicles · biological · Sects · West Texas · polygamous · Polygamy · emHouston · Terri Langford · El Dorado

Reporter's Notebook: An 'Ooga Booga' Cleanse **

Apr 9th, 2008 · Jennifer Sharpe reflects on her immersion into the polygamous, organic Source Family community. At one point, her father tells her she's gone "too native." But she relishes a '70s-style consciousness shift, which she says feels a little like having her brain washed.

Keywords: community · organization · native · Jennifer Sharpe · immersed · Cleansing · notebooks · polygamous · Ooga · booga · Source Family

Part III: A 70s Spiritual Commune Reunites **

Apr 9th, 2008 · Source Family members camp out in a house in Los Angeles together for the first time in 30 years. They revisit the meaning of their organic, polygamous commune and spiritual leader Father Yod's death.

Keywords: organization · Los Angeles · deaths · communities · Family · Spiritual · reunite · III · polygamous · Father Yod

The Birth of Organic, Polygamous Spiritualism

Apr 7th, 2008 · Father Yod's followers were a fixture on the Sunset Strip in the late '60's. They took names like Electricity, dressed in robes and lived communally in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills. A large group of followers, including many of Father Yod's 13 wives, recently held a reunion.

Keywords: organization · electricity · reunion · Hollywood Hills · Spiritual · fixtures · mansion · 60's · polygamous · Sunset Strip · Yod · Father Yod

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