Whoa! Polygamist solution is frightening...

[ChristopherHall]

Originally Posted by pelathais

It is an interesting case for seeing how far the state should be allowed to dictate what is "normal" and "right." But since the criminal elements are clearly interwoven within the cultural elements, I think it would be hard for the state to simply pull "the criminals" and their "victims" out from the community without destroying the community.

And, when the state went in they were met with opposition that sought to confuse the already confusing parent-child relationships. How do you remove the "victim" and prosecute the "criminal" without a full accounting of who is bedding whom and what child was the result? It seems the state found such a tangled knot that they simply pulled out the whole ball of yarn.

There are clear genetic reasons for avoiding first cousins from marrying and for keeping uncles from marrying their related neices. The state ( you and me ) have an interest in this.

Good point. I pray they get this all worked out without compromising the case itself.