Reply #6: The ages still haven't been determined. I read recently that some FLDSers

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had been requesting to file delayed birth certificates in Utah -- birth certificates that weren't filed in the year of a child's birth -- in connection with all this. They were turned down, and now will have to go to court to "prove" the ages of their children.

I'm not sure how important the number is, though. This isn't like girls were sneaking out at night and getting pregnant against their parents' wishes. These were girls who were being forced into relationships with adult males, by a church "prophet" who decreed exactly when and to whom any girl should be assigned. For even one girl to be treated this way -- with the affirmation and consent of the whole community -- is grossly wrong.

In other words, these illegal marriages weren't aberrations -- they were official church policy. And not a single girl should have been subject to this.