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I think from what the media tells us it is impossible to know if these kids should go back "home". Maybe many of the mothers are great moms and the dads good dads - hard to tell with a case load of 400+ and they can't even determine whose child is whose. It seems to me what touched off the case was that a girl was pregnant allegedly by 50 year old man. Allegedly there are other pregnant girls (teenage girls) too with confirmed tests. So who are the fathers of those girl's children? Maybe anoter teen (well then no matter what we think it maynot be illegal. It might also be legal in TX for a girl to marry at 16 with concent and maybe her parents concented and again then there is no legal issues to keep the kids away. But, I'm thinking there might be something to the older girls be taken advantage of sexually ... does that mean the smaller children are in danger? without seeing the real evidence it is hard to say.

I do think that after the AWFUL Waco incident in the 1990s that Texas is going to move the kids first and ask questions later. I'm not compairing this group to the Waco group in anyway except they were both "closed" socieities that isolated many of their members and had very strong religous convictions and strong leaders. Please don't think I'm labling all the FDLS as Waco like in terms of mentality. But Imagine if Texas didn't pull the kids out and then another Waco like incident happened. We'd be up in arms they didn't do "something". So while I feel sorry for families if they are truely loving, safe families until a judge can decide that I'm glad the kids are safe. I think texas is operating in the "once bitten twice shy" mode and personally I'm glad they are watching over the kids and from the number of lawers for the children, mom, etc, I think the truth will eventually come out and the kids will be kept safe - however that is.