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Speak for Yourself: FLDS voices trickling into the blogosphere in response to YFZ raid; most Grits readers say 'send kids home'

Not surpirsingly, I suppose, given the stances I've taken on this blog, 75% of Grits readers who responded to last week's survey (out of 465 respondents) said that all or most of the FLDS kids should be sent back to their parents. Thirty two percent of readers thought all the kids should be sent home, while 43% of readers said only kids who have been physically or sexually abused should go into foster care. Since, so far, the state has accused no one of physical or sexual abuse of any YFZ child, and the rape allegations that caused the raid turned out to be a hoax, in essence most Grits readers appear to agree that nearly every FLDS kid should be sent home to their parents. Only 8% of readers thought all the kids should go into foster care, and another 7% agreed with my (I thought) facetious suggestion that the state should "Send them to good Baptist homes where they'll be taught the Christian gospel...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 15, 2008 (boomark / email).