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Jeffs' ex-bodyguard claims FLDS leader retaliation
A former bodyguard and spokesman for polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit, claiming church leaders ruined his business after he had a falling-out with Jeffs.
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Demons and Saints: The Murder of Josh and Susan Powell's Family
Asianweek is supposed to be about Asian American stories, not about Mormon Dads from Hell.
Friday Feb 10 | The Huffington Post
Emma Lou Thayne: The Mormon Moment
Current talk in the media sometimes calls this "The Mormon Moment." A hit musical on Broadway, "The Book of Mormon," has won multiple Tony awards.
Tax court pulls back curtain shielding life inside polygamous community
For more than 20 years, Winston Blackmore has been a thorn in the side of successive British Columbia governments, practising polygamy in plain sight or at least in the scenic community known as Bountiful even as officials fretted over what to do about him and his followers.
Former FLDS spokesman sues Warren Jeffs
The former spokesman for the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs says in a new lawsuit that sect leaders arranged a nighttime burglary that gutted his business after he was excommunicated for refusing to falsify sect records on Jeffs' marriages to underage girls.
Let's hear Santorum defend these religious freedoms.
Frothyboy and the unhinged GOP are trying to find some issue they can use to attack the President, having no real ideas of their own, and this week they've settled on religious freedom.
AG Tom Horne Wants to Replace Cops in FLDS Haven Colorado City,...
A bill that would replace local police in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was unanimously approved by a state Senate committee this morning.
Jeffs revelation promises "Celestial love-power"
There were a grand total of 21 revelations, totaling about 54 pages, according to UTAG spokesman Paul Murphy.
Sister testifies against Blackmore in Bountiful tax case
Despite testifying against her brother Winston Blackmore in a landmark tax hearing, Marlene Palmer said Monday she isn't angry with him and would speak to him if he would take her calls.
Evictions avoided after polygamous sect leaders make tax payments
Polygamous sect leaders have paid nearly half of past-due property taxes owed on its state-controlled property trust, avoiding possible evictions and tax sales.
Blackmore locked up property records, his sister and ex-bookkeeper testifies
Polygamous community leader Winston Blackmore kept some business records out of sight and inaccessible, his sister and former bookkeeper told a tax hearing Thursday.
Unique construction project under way at FLDS ranch
Photos obtained by locals indicate its purpose may be to house a large statue of the church's leader, Warren Jeffs, who is currently serving a life sentence for raping two underage girls.
Polygamist prophent Warren Jeffs controlling sect from behind bars
Colorado City, Ariz -- It has been six months since polygamous prophet Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in a Texas prison for sexually assaulting underage girls.
Mormons should share wealth, Bountiful polygamist's tax trial hears
B.C. polygamist Winston Blackmore leaves Federal Court in Vancouver. He's appealing a Canada Revenue Agency audit that concluded he under-reported $1.5 million of income over six years between 2000 and 2006.
Winston Blackmore federal tax case hinges on church issue
What is a church? It's the key issue before the Federal Tax Court in the trial to determine whether Winston Blackmore and his family - fundamentalist Mormon polygamists - qualify to be taxed as a group and not as individuals.
What is fair and unfair regarding voters' judging politicians' religious views?
Virtually every fair-minded Americans would agree that no citizen should categorically rule out a candidate for public office simply for being a Catholic, Protestant or Jew.
Trial Of FLDS Member Moved To Midland
The upcoming bigamy trail of an F.L.D.S. member from Tom Green County will now take place in Midland.
Ex-FLDS leader's bigamy trial moved
The trial of Wendell Loy Nielsen has been moved from San Angelo to Midland by order Monday of state District Judge Barbara Walther.
These are boom times for memoirs about growing up in , marrying into or escaping from polygamous families.
Polygamous town leaders want prosecutors removed in corruption case
An Arizona judge is weighing whether to remove prosecutors from a public corruption case against a pair of polygamous town officials due to what the defense calls a conflict of interest.
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