Comments on: Few Are Left at Texas Fundamentalist Mormon Community http://communitybuzz.ic.org/2008/05/13/few-are-left-at-texas-fundamentalist-mormon-community/ News and updates about Ecovillages, Cohousing, Communes, Co-ops and other Intentional Communities. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:05:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bill http://communitybuzz.ic.org/2008/05/13/few-are-left-at-texas-fundamentalist-mormon-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 Bill Wed, 14 May 2008 23:48:35 +0000 http://communitybuzz.ic.org/?p=103#comment-1382 From the editorial tone in portraying the abandoned community in Texas, I worry that this letter will deteriorate and lose the promising appeal in recovering "community." The polygamist communities disband and reform regularly, usually to avoid prosecution. This one was full of congenital defects stemming from constant intermarriage within two families. Even without the abuses at this site, re-encountering "community" does not equate with return to anyone's tribal law. Concern for the victims is one thing, but even when the victims support the perpetrators (ala Patty Hearst), such things as forced marriage here, female circumcision there, cannot be mandated within groups. Sorry, the world moves on. Try to read " Under the Banner of Heaven," bestseller by Jon Krakauer which covers these "communities" and their psychological toolbox throughout their US history. From the editorial tone in portraying the abandoned community in Texas, I worry that this letter will deteriorate and lose the promising appeal in recovering "community."
The polygamist communities disband and reform regularly, usually to avoid prosecution. This one was full of congenital defects stemming from constant intermarriage within two families.
Even without the abuses at this site, re-encountering "community" does not equate with return to anyone's tribal law.
Concern for the victims is one thing, but even when the victims support the perpetrators (ala Patty Hearst), such things as forced marriage here, female circumcision there, cannot be mandated within groups. Sorry, the world moves on. Try to read " Under the Banner of Heaven," bestseller by Jon Krakauer which covers these "communities" and their psychological toolbox throughout their US history.

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