Feds accuse polygamous towns of religious discrimination

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Jun 22, 2012
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Updated 6h 2m ago

A federal lawsuit accuses two towns dominated by a polygamous sect of failing to protect non-members and of enforcing the edicts of imprisoned sect leader Warren Jeffs over the law, The Salt Lake City Tribune reports.

Warren Jeffs is the former president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was convicted in Texas in 2011 on child-sex and bigamy charges.The U.S. Justice Department, in a complaint filed Thursday in Arizona, leveled nearly two dozen allegations against officials in the border towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., many involving the policy agency they share.

The complaint charges the two towns with "operating as an arm of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," for at least 20 years.

Jeffs, former president of the FLDS, is serving a life sentence in Texas after convictions on child-sex and bigamy charges but maintains control of the communities, the Associated Press reports.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/06/feds-accuse-polygamous-towns-of-religious-discrimination/1

The Complaint:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/97860316/01-2012-06-21-Colorado-City-Complaint-FINAL

[aquart]

1. Is this like going after Al Capone for tax evasion?

[dimbear]

2. Feeling a little nervous, Provo? n/t

[WingDinger]

3. All Mormon towns are discriminatory. They should be used against Romney.

All the Mormons were screaming for blackballing all students that protested Cheney. Fucking fascists.