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Guides Hope Public Will Have Big Love For Polygamy Tours
Has Big Love only intensified your curiosity about the mysterious lives of polygamists? Perhaps you should book your next vacation to Arizona, where former fundamentalist Mormons have launched a tour of a polygamous colony.
Starting next weekend, outsiders will get an inside look with "The Polygamy Experience: A Guided Tour of Colorado City."
People Checks In With Polygamous Ranch Children Year Later
Last April, authorities in Texas seized 439 children from their homes, thanks to suspected sexual abuse on the FLDS polygamous compound where they lived. The children were returned to their homes after the Texas Supreme Court found that the state had illegally seized the children from the FLDS ranch. One year later People magazine has checked back in with the families that captured America's attention.
Iowa Flooding and Polygamy Cause Debate Within Religions
What do the recent floods in the Midwest, and the attention garnered over the FLDS polygamy case have in common? It might not be obvious on the surface, but they're both instances where headlines are having a big impact on religion. First, the floods:
One grocery-store owner in Iowa, who is a devout Muslim, saw his business of six years washed away along with hundreds of others in the severe flooding last month.
Front Page: Iran Fires Missiles, Polygamy Leader Hospitalized, Darfur Peacekeepers Attacked
- Iran Fires Missiles: Iran has test-fired nine missiles today, including one capable of reaching Israel. The tests coincide with escalating negotiations over Iran's nuclear program as well as US and UK warships conducting naval maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. The tests make this quote from yesterday stand out.
Texas Loses, Found To Have Illegally Seized Polygamy Kids
A divided Supreme Court of Texas agreed 6-3 yesterday that the state had illegally seized 468 girls and boys from the FLDS ranch last month on unproven grounds of physical and sexual abuse. State officials said they would now begin moving swiftly to return the children.
A spokesman for the Department of Family and Protective Services, who took custody of the children after a raid on April 3, said, “We are disappointed, but we understand and respect the court’s decision and will take immediate steps to comply.
Polygamist Parents Must Learn "Evils of Polygamy"
Chaotic custody hearings for the children removed from a polygamist compound began yesterday and will continue for three weeks. Texas' Child Protective Services (CPS) has come up with a vague plan for what to do with the 460 children removed from the polygamous compound: return as many children to the FLDS parents as possible.
If all the children were to remain in the most basic level of foster care next year, it would cost the state $21 million.
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The Pouf: Jersey Shore and Polygamists Are Not So Different
If you're looking to get hair perfectly poufed, then you should look to the ladies of the FLDS and not the creatures of Jersey Shore. Today US Weekly had Snooki demonstrate how to make the pouf (aka the Bumpit or the Snookit), but, even with the help of the JWow and The Situation, it was a bit of a tease.
Yet go back not even a year to when Oprah kicked up some dust on the FLDS Yearning For Zion ranch, and you'll get much better instructions, sans hairspray.
Polyglamorous? Oprah Visits Polygamists, Gets Hair Secrets
It's good to be Oprah. Well, most of the time. Dreams of infiltrating polygamist compounds come and go, but daytime's queen got to live it, going as she is with a TV crew.
Too Much of a Good Thing? This Cat Has 86 Wives
While we may have been shocked by the FLDS polygamy case in the US, this Nigerian man has that beat by a harem. Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 84, has 86 wives. Yes, that's right: 86 wives and at least 170 children.
Here Comes the Bookmobile With Hot, New Summer Pages!
What to read, what to read? With serious beach towel time or an empty nightstand, you might just be looking for a new book. Here are some brand spanking new releases that I'm checking out right now.
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