Yearning for Zion Ranch

Yearning for Zion Ranch

The Yearning for Zion Ranch was a polygamist compound that was raided by police in March 2008.

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Texas Marriage Records

Often times when you are trying to locate Texas marriage records sites on the web these days, you occasionally find yourself lost and hopeless. With so many highly useful records sites to pick from, where do you begin? I have used this site in the very recent past to gather some tough to obtain divorce info, and they have never failed to provide me with the information I was looking for. Check it out and see for yourself how quick and stress-free locating Texas marriage records... Read Full Story

FLDS man sentenced to 10 years for sex assault

ELDORADO, Texas (AP) — A man from a polygamist group in West Texas has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault of a child. Raymond Jessop was sentenced Tuesday by the same jury that convicted him last week. The 38-year-old was the first member of a polygamist group to go on trial since authorities raided their ranch in Eldorado last year. Prosecutors said the alleged victim was one of Jessop’s nine wives. The jury sentenced Jessop to 10 years in prison with an $8,000... Read Full Story

Polygamist sect trial a rare event in Texas town

SAN ANGELO, Texas — The first jury trial in more than a decade in the sleepy West Texas town of Eldorado involves an alleged polygamist and an accusation of sexual assault of an underage bride, a far cry from the occasional drunken driving cases that normally occupy the Schleicher County court system. Attorneys on Monday will begin culling the largest jury pool ever called in Eldorado to try to find 14 people in a county of 2,800 who can set aside what they’ve heard about a polygamist... Read Full Story

Sect's lawyers accuse Rangers of misleading judge

From:  ap.org
A polygamist sect is accusing the Texas Rangers of deliberately misleading a judge to acquire a search warrant to raid its compound last year. Attorneys representing 10 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints filed motions Tuesday and Wednesday arguing that Texas Rangers Lt. Brooks Long withheld details that would have undermined the credibility of calls from a domestic abuse hot line that sparked the raid. Dirk Fillpot, a spokesman for the attorney... Read Full Story

YEARNING FOR ZION RANCH: UPDATE

From:  dequalss.com
  Over 400 children taken at gunpoint , from their parents and placed in the custody of the state, likely spurred by  a fake phone call alleging abuse.  Whether you agree with the lifestyle of these folks or not, this should make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. “Removal is always the last option,” he said. “In this case, there was no other choice.” CPS officials have conceded there is no evidence the youngest children were abused, and about 130 of the children are under 5... Read Full Story

Mormon Polygamist Compound Raid in Texas: Where's Carol Moore and all those left-libertarian Anti-BATF Waco demonstrators now?

by Eric Dondero Yesterday we learned via CNN , that the alleged "ritual sex bed" discovered at the Mormon Compound Church in Texas, was not used for sex at all as originally reported, according to local Police officials. This prompted questions about the validity of the whole case against the Mormon Polygamists. Most have been reserved, holding back comment on a very touchy story. Now today this stunning revelation on Drudge reported by the local CBS news affiliate KEYE TV : Officials say... Read Full Story

To the Dark Satanic Mills of conservative propaganda, misinformation is "acceptable"

MISINFORMATION. LIES. HALF-TRUTHS. FLAWED OR FAULTY LOGIC. DECEPTION. Such are the weapons of the Dark Satanic Mills of conservative misinformation, which are thus considered "acceptable" so long as it serves their desire of "winning of hearts and minds" (especially the vulnerable and easily-led sort) over to conservative such. And which ConWebBlog serves to expose through the disinfecting properties of exposure to air and sunlight. Two recent examples of this as are of likely interest... Read Full Story

Three Polygamist Moms Speak Out

From:  thepoliticus.org
Three women from the Texas polygamist sect that was raided by authorities April 3 put on a bizarre performance when they were interviewed by ABC News earlier this week. Now the superstrange video has made its way onto YouTube. In the bizarre clip, the women — identified only as Nancy, Marie and Esther — answer questions in remarkably similar sing-song voices and speak almost in unison. Clad in matching dresses and looking like they just stepped out of a time machine set to 1880, the... Read Full Story

Polygamist sect member to stand trial in Texas

From:  cupidgossip.com
A member of a polygamist sect whose alleged marriages involving underage girls triggered a police raid that swept more than 400 … GHTime Code(s): 763a8  Tell Ah Friend To Tell Ah Friend Not To Tell My Girlfriend Read Full Story

More Indictments Against Polygamist Sect Members

From:  webcastr.com
There were more indictments handed down on Wednesday against members of a polygamist sect that was the focus of a massive raid in west Texas last spring. In all four members of the FLDS church now face eight new indictments. Read Full Story
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