Genocide

Pastor Martin Neimoller supported the Nazis until he realized, too late, what they were really about and was sent to Dachau concentration camp.

First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Social Democrats, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Social Democrat.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew,
Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me.

- Pastor Martin Neimoller

The flds people may do many things others find horrifying. In the minds of many, this seems to justify what has happened. The actual reasons officially given for taking the children away, and the ruling of the judge to put them into foster care, are that they teach unconditional obedience, and believe that underage marriage is not wrong. There was no mention of specific cases of abusive actions, only the belief that underage marriage was not wrong. There was no mention of abusive methods of teaching, only that the children were taught to be obedient.
The official paper stating why the children were removed: http://web.gosanangelo.com/pdf/affidavit.pdf (the first part just goes over the alleged phone call of abuse - the reason for taking the children starts on page 5 with, "While searching for the teenage mother..."
The court proceedings (must be read from the bottom up, by times): http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/apr/17/live-from-the-courthouse-updates-ON-FLDS-CUSTODY/
Scond day (read the same way) warning, might make you cry if you have children : http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/apr/18/live-from-the-courthouse-day-2-of-updates-from/

Definition of genocide
...any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
– Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Article 2[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Prevention_and_Punishment_of_the_Crime_of_Genocide

United Nations contact list : http://www.seerecon.org/contacts/un.htm

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