Imagine waking up in a town you are not able to leave, where you are forced to pick a husband at the age of 16 years of age, and having to ask permission to do anything . That's what the women and girls of the Yearning for Zion Ranch are up against on a daily basis.
Apparently, the only concern about groups like this one is the worry of "welfare for the women and children" said FLDS attorneys Patrick Peranteau. The problem seems to be that authorities worry when they hear that a "15 year old was married to a 50-year old." Because of the fact that this group is located in the state of Texas, further complicates the wishes of the Yearning for Zion Ranch and their longing to continue it's practices. Texas law forbids girls younger than 16 years of age to marry. It seems that this is not a question of living an isolated from the rest of the world, but rather law. In the point of view of the sect, all they really do is spend their days "caring for its many children, tilling gardens, and quilting, dressed in pioneer-style dresses sewn by their own hands." Is it right that laws refuse people of their practices? Carolyn Jessop seems to think so, "Once you go into the compound, you don't ever leave it," said who was one of the wives of the alleged leader of the Eldorado complex, but who left the sect before it began moving to Texas in 2004." It seems that the worry is for the safety of the children of the Yearning for Zion Ranch. Furthur investigation has been prompted last week by one of the girls from the Texas sect for charges of rape.
For more information and quotes from the ranch members, please go to http://news.aol.com/story/_a/details-of-sect-life-emerge-after-raid/20080404201909990001.
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