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Secrets and Wives: A British Atheist Spends Time Among Mormon Polygamists

Sanjiv Bhattacharya, Religion Dispatches. May 3, 2011.

The English-Indian author talks to Religion Dispatches about his latest book, an investigation of modern polygamy in the Mormon tradition.

The FLDS Children Seized in Texas are in Their Own Private Gitmo

Richard Wexler, The Nation. May 31, 2008.

Foster care is a toxic intervention, to be used sparingly. In the case of the Yearning for Zion ranch, Texas prescribed megadoses of foster care.

Texas Court Rules Against Seizures of FLDS Children

Jesse Wendel, Group News Blog. May 23, 2008.

The Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling granting custody of the children to the state.

Sex Abuse in the Name of Religion Isn't a Lifestyle -- It's Sex Abuse

Ellen Goodman, Truthdig. May 23, 2008.

The call to understand the polygamous sect as just another unique corner of multicultural America is relativism run amok.

Racist FLDS Cult Surfaces in New Location

Southern Poverty Law Center Staff, SPLC's Hate Watch. May 18, 2008.

A top aide to imprisoned fundamentalist Mormon polygamist leader Warren S. Jeffs has purchased $2 million worth of property in Colorado.

Men of the Cloth: The Vatican Isn't So Far From Fundamentalist Mormonism

Katha Pollitt, The Nation. April 26, 2008.

When it comes to keeping women in their place, polygamous Mormon fundamentalists and the Pope have a lot in common.

Prosecuting Polygamy

Marci Hamilton, Huffington Post. April 16, 2008.

Authorities must vigorously enforce the laws against polygamy to stem the abuse of women and children in fundamentalist Mormon communities.