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Why wouldn't call for FLDS asset seizure equally apply to Catholicism?

By Gritsforbreakfast

I was surprised to see Houston Chronicle columnist Rick Casey calling for seizure of all Texas assets of the YFZ Ranch as a next step in Texas' biggest ever child welfare boondoggle. That's not just putting the cart before the horse, it's putting it in front of a bus.Let's consider what would happen if Casey's notion were applied more widely to religious groups when abuse arises among their leadership. In all seriousness, why wouldn't the same logic suggest seizing the assets of the Catholic Church? According to them, ?The marriageable age is fourteen full years in males and twelve full years in females, under penalty of nullity (unless natural puberty supplies the want of years)." See the Catholic Encyclopedia. That's far younger than any marriage alleged to have occurred among residents of the YFZ Ranch...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 03, 2008 (boomark / email).