It's Just An Excuse

The media coverage of the ATF raid on the polygamist compound in Eldorado, Texas, has been difficult to miss. The sensational stories of the many abuses that have taken place there are featured at the top and bottom of every news hour. When I first learned of this story, images of David Koresh and the Branch Davidians immediately came to mind. I am referring to the tragedy in Waco, Texas back in 1993 where many in the religious cult lost their lives in gun battles with Federal Agents and subsequent fire at the compound. I came to the realization that these polygamist religious cults are little more than a vehicle to allow grown men to have sex with young girls. Personally, I have no problem with the polygamist lifestyle if all involved are adults. Having lived a life of serial monogamy, I feel that if a man wants to have many wives then we should let him. With all due respect to the institution of marriage, I have found one wife at any given time to be quite sufficient for me. As the circumstances surrounding this event unfold, we are learning that many of the over four hundred children evacuated from the complex are pregnant. Authorities also found beds allegedly used by the older men, after they married underage girls on the top floor of the temple. In my house of worship there is no bed on which to immediately consummate the marriage. It is clear that these groups are using religion as a cover for and sanctioning of their desire to have sex with children. They are not polygamists they are pedophiles plain and simple.