This lens is meant to get the word out about the raid on the YFZ, also known as Yearning For Zion, ranch in Eldorado, Texas and what has happened since then. The residents of the YFZ ranch are followers of FLDS leader, Warren Jeffs.
Table of Contents
Breaking News - 5/29/08
The Texas Supreme Court has just denied the appeal of Child Protective Services, meaning some of the children will be sent back to YFZ Ranch.
EDIT: Updated to reflect that decision technically only applies to 124 of the children, but it significantly impairs the state's position in the remainder of the cases.
EDIT: Updated to reflect that decision technically only applies to 124 of the children, but it significantly impairs the state's position in the remainder of the cases.
Breaking News - 5/27/08
- The Kiss Of Jeffs - May 27, 2008
- The Smoking Gun
CNN News
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byPhoto Galleries
- Sneak a Peek
- The HOPE Organization is a non-profit group dedicated to assisting survivors of abuse within polygamous relationships on their courageous journey to personal freedom.
- ELDORADO FLDS
- Photos
- The Eldorado Success
- How It Came To Be
Religion News Blog
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byGreat Stuff on Amazon
When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 09/08/2008)
Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations After the Manifesto
Amazon Price: $32.95 (as of 09/08/2008)
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 09/08/2008)
News/Info Links
- Banking on Heaven : Polygamy in the heartland of the American West : Over the Moon Productions
- A searing take on the largest polygamous enclave in the U.S., Banking on Heaven demonstrates how women and children are
often treated as chattel, and investigates the role of the Mormon church, politician's failure to come to grips with the problem, and the plight of many polygamists caught in the m - The Eldorado Success
- News
- The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: State seizure of children
- The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: State seizure of children
- The FLDS Church
- History of FLDS
- Captive FLDS Children
- Website created by the FLDS
Texas Polygamy Blog
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byNew YouTube vids
Blog Posts from Google
- Warrants could lead to more FLDS charges
- Some of the men have been previously named in search warrants served during the raid on the YFZ Ranch. Hundreds of thousands of pieces of evidence were removed from the temple grounds, including photographs, diaries, marriage and census ...
- Comment on Teresa Jeffs hearing transcripts by Abby
- We have the fact, that Dr. Barlow admitted to CPS that he had deleivered many babies to under age girls, not only on YFZ ranch but in other places as well, and yet he didnt report it, but the law in Texas requires doctors to report it.
- Warrants could lead to more FLDS charges
- The latest warrants also name an ex-member of the polygamous sect who gave information to Schleicher County Sheriff David Doran in the years leading up to the April 3 raid on the YFZ Ranch.
- "FLDS struggle beyond YFZ Ranch borders"
- Converse, USA - Tammy Jessop wasn't anywhere near the YFZ Ranch when Texas authorities raided the sprawling polygamist community just outside of Eldorado in early April on abuse allegations, but she's here now.
The Plural Life
Fetching RSS feed... please stand by
Salt Lake Tribune Coverage
Fetching RSS feed... please stand by
