The name of the place should have been the first warning, The Yearning for Zion Ranch , the second clue should have been the giant white building in the middle of nowhere chock full of young girls, a building Built by first rate pedophile and all around Creepy Creeperson Warren Jeffs. I think it's perfectly reasonable that authorities raided and removed 400 girls from the place. After all Jeff's and his followers are nothing more than a group of sexual predators and victims of said predators, hiding under the guise of religion.
What I find shocking is that authorities waited until a 15 year old girl complained before actually doing anything. And don't give me any freedom of religion or probable cause bullshit either. The Feds and states, especially Texas, have been concocting flimsy cases and acting without probable cause since Christ was in kindergarten. So if they can find away to finagle some inner city drug dealer out of his constitutional rights, they could have done the same in this case.
What we have is a secretive religious compound located in the Texas scrub lands, five miles off of the highway. It is owned and operated by a religious sect known for raising young women to be concubines. The leader was tried and convicted of what is tantamount to child slavery and forced sexual servitude. The women are running around in outfits that make a Laura Ingalls Wilder character look like a Vegas stripper. Did I mention it's in the middle of nowhere and chock full of underage girls? Of course when the question arises as to why the authorities waited so long, the obligatory response will be along the lines of, " We couldn't raid the place until a complaint was made. That would have been a violation of constitutional rights. "
Call me John Stossel's foul mouthed second cousin if you will, but, Give Me a Fucking Break! The real reason Texas and Federal authorities sat on this case had nothing to do with following the letter of the law. It had everything to do with waiting for just the right time to build a case and sensationalize the raid, and nothing to do with protecting the 400 innocent children. No doubt some douchey prosecutor will use this spectacle to further his political career, or some Texas Attorney General will use the Fast Action of authorities as a platform for a gubernatorial campaign down the road.
In the meantime Back at the Ranch, these baby rapers have probably been cracking under age girls panties like pecans at an Amish pie baking party. I really shouldn't make light of the situation, but it is so inconceivable that a group of whack jobs led by this countries most notorious pedophile , Warren Jeffs, was allowed to operate given the groups background. It is both tragically sad and laughable in its absurdity.
