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Road to Eldorado paved with bumpy moral, constitutional questions

By Gritsforbreakfast

Is the raid on a polygamist compound in Eldorado about religious freedom or criminal child abuse? From the information revealed so far, I think the most honest answer must be "Both, and more."Over at StreetProphets, some Christian pastors are starting to take a closer look at what's going on in the Eldorado raid. Quarkstomper views the case through the prism of his own religion's often misogynistic history:I really don't know what to say about it. The evil that has come out in the reports about the Eldorado branch of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is so vile that anything I could say seems inadequate. But I can't help but feel shame as well. Nearly all their practices are extensions of doctrines and practices preached in some mainstream churches...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 12, 2008 (boomark / email).