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Warren Jeffs, head of the breakaway polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), has been convicted in a St. George, Utah, court, of being an accomplice to rape, for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her first cousin. He faces other charges in Arizona and federal court. While this first case focused on the marriage of a young girl, many young boys' lives have been severely affected by the FLDS, and the Utah trial opened a window into their sad stories...
Shapley's cousin, 17-year-old John Smith [a pseudonym at his request since he has family in Hildale] was expelled three years ago - an elder brother, one of 12 siblings, came to him one day after work and told him and his 13-year-old brother to pack their things and go. "I was kicked out for being a teenager," Smith said. He and other kids would buy small televisions and build huts or underground hideaways in the mountains where they would watch movies. Their behavior - much of it typical for teenagers "in the world," as they call...
...recounted the tale of her life as a frightened teenager at a loss for how to escape. She had never even been kissed when she was told she was to marry her cousin. Horrified, she went to Rulon Jeffs and pleaded to be allowed to wait a few years or be given to a different man. Though "Uncle Rulon" seemed sympathetic, it was Warren Jeffs, she says, who informed her that "your heart is in the wrong place. This is what the prophet wants you to do." Her sisters, including one who was among Rulon's wives, also opposed...
...hanging in the balance. "I'm not saying polygamists are right or wrong, but what they are doing is part of their culture, their religion," argues Randy Shaw, owner of the Little Professor bookstore in town. "I don't think a 14-year-old should be married to her cousin, but you have to look at their culture and the fact that we have allowed it to go on for hundreds of years. With this trial, we are mixing government with religion. My question is, Why all of a sudden now? It's been going on forever here...
...calorie measurement more than doubled. The calories measured in the fries, for example, jumped 165 calories, from 120 to 285, while the count in the Asian chicken salad increased from 262 to 399. The calorie count of the burgers, though, decreased slightly on average. The standard “Cousin Oliver” burger now weighs in at 429 calories, down from...