A new study out of the University of British Columbia documents how societies have systematically evolved away from polygamy because of the social problems it causes. Via “Is Polygamy Really So Awful?” / Slate
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Child Deaths in Non-traffic-related Vehicle Accidents
As the graphic below shows, a disproportionate number of FLDS Â children have died in non-traffic-related vehicle accidents. Children are often seen riding, four or more at a time, on all-terrain vehicles on the streets of the FLDS enclave in Colorado City, or riding in the back of a pickup truck.
Names: Children’s Cemetery
The images below constitute a nine-page alphabetical list of every body, infant through adult, buried in Colorado City, Arizona, home of the FLDS, through 2004. Flora Jessop compiled this list, in her continuing quest to have the children’s deaths of Colorado City investigated. Highlighted in yellow are the names of infants and children, with the [...]
Photos: Children’s Cemetery
These photos are from the FLDS children’s cemetery in the border town of Colorado City/Hilldale (Arizona/Utah). The cemetery is next to a junk yard–a powerful metaphor, as regard for children is so little among many polygamist families that their offspring are throwaways. Child deaths go unreported–or falsely reported–and teenage boys are dropped off along the [...]
