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Eldorado Reflections

By Gritsforbreakfast

Having already written a dozen posts regarding the seizure of 416 kids from the YFZ polygamist ranch in West Texas, I've begun asking myself what it is about this incident I've found so compelling.Mostly immediately, I empathize with the children involved at an almost gut level, but not in the way of the hand wringing CPS types who fear they're being sexually or physically harmed. From the evidence presented publicly, I do not believe that's true. Allegations of forcible rape turned out to be bogus, and only five girls between 16-19 girls were found with child - probably about the same ratio you'd find if you rounded up all the kids in my neighborhood.Instead, I wonder what it would be like for these children to be torn from a loving family by people whose message is this: Everyone who loves you is bad...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 20, 2008 (boomark / email).