Inside the FLDS

[Tricia McKinney]

Amazing pics in the NY Times of life inside the Yearning for Zion compound in Eldorado, TX

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/07/27/magazine/0727-ZION_index.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

[April Love]

I think the photos humanize the families. I don't have a problem with polygamy as long as the decision to be in a polygamist relationship is made between consenting adults. It's not my thing, but live and let live.

[Ranger Susie]

Very compelling pictures. I had mixed feelings about this case from the beginning. The picture that stood out for me was the one where the little girl is clutching her mother in the meeting with the Guardians ad litem.

[Nathan in Holland]

I loved the pictures. It should be subtitled "a study in anachronism." It's fascinating to see the new justaposed with the old. Girl in antiquated dress with camera-phone. The boy in the tractor with MP3-Player/iPod. Even the interior of the house seems oddly new/cold compared to the warmth of the mother and child playing on the carpet. I think the photographer was very sympathetic to the commune.

A cynic would say this is good PR. It wouldn't be a lifestyle that I would choose. But then again they wouldn't want to live like me either.

[Jane Boyd]

Hi, In BC...which is where I am from prior to my time right now in PEI - there is Bountiful...which is connected to the FLDS. It has caused ongoing concern for years regarding the number of "young" brides. Many of whom appear to be having children at very young ages. Further, there are many who feel that "children" (young girls in particular) are moved back and fourth across the Canada/US border between Bountiful and Texas.

See here for a special online report - http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/features/polygamy/index.html