You know? I don't really get

why polygamy should be suppressed (with violent force), either.
Kevin Hogan says, in part:

10) Religious Freedom

Once again last week I'm reminded that the government takes a tank and automatic weapons and aims them at buildings with children in them. That is dead wrong. That group of people in Texas don't seem to have caused pain to anyone around them. They appear to have been good and QUIET citizens. They don't appear to have stolen stuff, killed people. Let people who are PEACEFUL alone. It reminded me of Waco all over again. A CULT is the CHURCH down the street from YOURS.

Don't ya' love how media calls where they lived "a compound?" In Minnesota it's town houses or twin homes...you get the idea. We don't need religious persecution in this country. That's a very, very scary concept. If people are behaving themselves, have a community of 1500 people that aren't causing crimes.

Oh, I heard there was a phone call from someone inside "the compound." one of those "yet to be identified" people.... shoot....good point...it's always smart to bring the tanks in when a phone call comes from a teenager....

Ignore the call? If there was one, of course not. You check it out. THE phone call, THE issue. Find the specific abuse - not destroy the lives of 400 little kids and take them from their parents who obviously love them and then redistribute them to other people like they are money.

400 children stripped from their parents all in one fell swoop last week. I think one of the more recent times that happened was Nazi Germany. Is it just me or is that the most arrogant and horrifying thing that's happened in this country since 9/11? Did that shake you up and wake you up, as much as it did me? Taking kids from their Moms is the worst kind of child abuse. Being raised in a peaceful sect by parents who love you is not evil, it's a damn good thing. Polygamy is debatable, (well OK, there is no logical argument against polygamy, but for the purpose of Coffee*...) but it's far from a punishable offense. However, taking 400 kids by force and sending them away PERMANENTLY is *Nazi-evil.*

This wasn't about a legal issue, but it's now a permanent mental health, love and life issue. Drop your Senator a note and let her know how you are voting in the elections in November.

Religious freedom and freedom for children to live with their parents are what this country used to be good at. These people loved and took care of their kids, and well. Too many people in this country completely abdicate their responsibility to their kids.

Start where the real problems are, not with the imaginary stuff. These people didn't blow up buildings or do anything stranger than live a life much like the Amish and Mennonites. In fact, in everything I've read, I think I'd be more than happy to trade my neighbors to have them "next door!" There's a lot *good* to be said about living in a community away from people who...well...take children from their parents for zero good reasons....

In a parallel story, John Gottman, the renowned marriage and relationship expert revealed findings from a study this week that "gay" relationships are actually healthier than heterosexual relationships, on well, just about every level.

Perhaps.... just because people aren't COMFORTABLE with how others live or believe isn't a good enough reason to strip their kids away from them...or destroy the lives of innocent children. I remember too well when my Mom was faced with the possibility of my brothers and sisters not being able to live together as a family...faced with having to split up the family and some of us being orphaned. It's brutal...not something that is ever going to heal.... And why this "new problem?" Because some idiot made it a "law," and another decided to enforce it..."they're different."

Yeah, they are... I like 'em better than most already...

I mean, ok, go ahead and disapprove. Opinions are like... Just put the damn guns away. I've been listening for a week to the GDSOB fascists (who think they're moderates and conservatives) on KSTP spread every rumor about those people as if it were gospel, and demand that they all be machine-gunned.

If it's true, I agree. But who and what is/are the source(s)? Before I [literally] call for someone's head, I like to see better proof. I question the government's...sincerity.

*"Coffee With Kevin Hogan" is the name of Kevin's newsletter. That clears up one of his garbled constructions, anyway. Sometimes he doesn't edit. But, then, I never do.