Warren Jeffs to followers: Only 15 men allowed to father children
Posted by doctore0 on June 22, 2012
Religion in progress
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Update: Justice Dept. sues Arizona, Utah polygamous towns
SALT LAKE CITY — Authorities in a pair of polygamous Utah-Arizona border towns have supported a campaign of intimidation against the unfaithful, denying them housing and municipal services and allowing members of the dominant religious sect to destroy their crops and property, the U.S. Justice Department said in a lawsuit.
The federal civil rights case was filed Thursday against the towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., where most residents are members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, run by the group’s jailed leader Warren Jeffs.
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