Polygamy and the Law

I have to start this out by saying I think the bastards that abuse and take advantage of young children should be hung up by their shriveled up old balls. This pretty much covers most of the Polygamist leaders out there as they are the type of dirt bags that raise young girls to be their servants.

That being said, the Government in British Columbia, today, decided to go ahead with Criminal Code charges against two prominent POLYGAMISTS from a POLYGAMIST RANCH near CRESTON in SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA called BOUNTIFUL. The BOUNTIFUL POLYGAMISTS are no strangers to contraversy, a few years back there was some kind of upheaval and the previous leader, WINSTON BLACKMORE was replaced by JIM OLER.

Since that time, and for a long time previous, Local Police have being trying to find evidence against the BOUNTIFUL POLYGAMIST COMMUNITY. Unfortunately, the police have not been able to uncover any evidence directly linking any of the members of the tightly knit POLYGAMIST COMMUNITY OF BOUNTIFUL to INCEST or CHILD ABUSE.

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Oddly enough, BC ATTORNEY GENERAL, WALLY OPAL, figures an outdated section of the Criminal code making POLYGAMY (Having more than 1 wife) an indictable offence under the Criminal Code of Canada. The thing is, like the same sex marriage laws, the Polygamy law is steeply based on outdated Catholic religious principles.

Since the church was so closely connected to government during the time these laws were created, they did not seem all that out of line at the time. Since then, religious and cultural diversification has created a definite division between the Church and State. In fact, several Courts have indicated the Government has no place in the bedrooms of consenting adults in a Democratic society. A prime example is the overturning of Same Sex Marriage laws in many jurisdictions.

This brings me to the question, what the Fuck is Wally thinking???? That was a rhetorical question by the way. With Courts overturning laws depriving same sex couples the right to wed, what makes Wally Opal think the Courts will not do the very same thing for POLYGAMIST MARRIAGES? In a Radio statement today, WALLY OPAL even went as far to say "Right thinking Citizens will not allow this practice to continue." Is this the same "Right Thinking" group of citizens that previously shunned same sex marriages?

Personally, I feel going after a criminal conviction based on outdated Church based laws is a colossal waste of time. Aside from the Freedom of Religion defense, the BOUNTIFUL POLYGAMISTS have the Gay marriage precedence on their side. I understand the Government wants and needs a conviction against these douche bags, but their current direction will do nothing but bring strength to the whole POLYGAMIST COMMUNITY OF BOUNTIFUL once the POLYGAMIST LAW is overturned and deemed unconstitutional.

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Living Goddess of Nepal nothing godly about it

I am all for freedom of religion and find many ancient traditions interesting, this however, is a little bit fucked up. Read the whole way through and you will see what I mean.
Thoughts anyone?

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Religious authorities in Nepal anointed a three-year-old girl as a living goddess Tuesday in a tradition dating back centuries.

Matani Shakya was wrapped in red silk and her hair was adorned with red flowers as Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and showered her with flowers and grains of rice. The new "kumari" or living goddess, was carried from her parents' home to an ancient palatial temple in the heart of the Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.


She will live there until she reaches puberty and loses her divine status.


Until then, she will be worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists as an incarnation of the powerful Hindu deity Taleju.

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A panel of judges conducted a series of ancient ceremonies to select the goddess from several two-to four-year-old girls who are all members of the impoverished Shakya goldsmith caste.


The judges read the candidates' horoscopes and check each one for physical imperfections. The living goddess must have perfect hair, eyes, teeth and skin with no scars, and should not be afraid of the dark.


As a final test, the living goddess must spend a night alone in a room among the heads of ritually slaughtered goats and buffaloes without showing fear.


Having passed all the tests, the child will stay in almost complete isolation at the temple, and will be allowed to return to her family only at the onset of menstruation when a new goddess will be named to replace her.


"I feel a bit sad, but since my child has become a living goddess I feel proud," said her father, Pratap Man Shakya.


During her time as a goddess, she will always wear red, pin up her hair in topknots, and have a "third eye" painted on her forehead.


Devotees touch the girls' feet with their foreheads, the highest sign of respect among Hindus in Nepal. During religious festivals the goddesses are wheeled around on a chariot pulled by devotees.


Critics say the tradition violates both international and Nepalese laws on child rights. The girls often struggle to readjust to normal lives after they return home.


Nepalese folklore holds that men who marry a former kumari will die young, and so many girls remain unmarried and face a life of hardship.