Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 4/18/07
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God I hate the word "impregnated"...I think of cattle or something.
Recceba and Lilibeth.....
how are you guys doing? we have big snow!!!!!!!
Please tell me there isn't a chance this could all be thrown out if they determine that this really was a hoax and the search warrants were illegal.
I believe these women are brainwashed but I also believe in the "motherly instinct", it must have been in them somewhere! Wow – DNA?? that'll be interesting ~
They've never known any other way than the way they're kliving now. It would be very hard to expect them, especially the older woman to change and learn any other way of life.
Hey Anderson, If a women in the FLDS couldn't have children what would happen to her?
So, what happens if some of these "parents" go to jail?
It's being reported on other sites online that the woman suspected of making fradulent calls from Colorado Springs, Rozita Swinton, is an active member of the mainstream LDS Church in Colorado Springs (not FLDS), and also, coincidentally, a pledged Obama delegate. Whether or not either of these are relevant, they are interesting twists in the backstory of an already complicated news story.
Hello Megan and Rebecca, hello all bloggers, hello Anderson and Erica!
Yeah! The state keeps custody of all the kids! I'm sure there's lots more work that needs to be done, but this is a great first step!
They are going to have to decide each case on an individual basis for a determination of a permanent custody.
lol! Michael!!
you are so funny! I know you are so jealous! :p
Good evening AC, Erica, & fellow bloggers
"I'm glad the children arent going back. Last time I checked fathers love their children just as well as the mothers on the outside world, the polygamist fathers are all cowards, their scared to step up to the plate, the just hide behind their coached wives"....
Hi AC & Erica, I hope we get to see Hillary seg tonight. I glad the court ordered to keep kids, it is just a mess. I am sure there are lots of couples who can't have kids that maybe could adopt them. The mothers need mental health help.
Did anyone see Obama;s gestures the day after the debate, I think it was clearly un-Presidential.
Lively discussion here between Jami and Susan.
I think some people will go back and some people won't. Like the doctor on Larry King said, that's just something we have to deal with. Not all of them want to be liberated, or thinkg they need to be liberated.
MaryBeth, you're so right. There's no real record of any of these children. No birth certificates or other documents. It's good that they're doing DNA testing. It may even prove to what extent men are having children with multiple partners.
Stacy, Scranton, Pa
Sorry about your situation. At least you can have a little normalcy by watching AC360!
These childern are going to have to be tought again about the real world, sorry they have to learn it this way.
Megan-
I am jealous! I ski, and miss the snow from back home. It was 89 and sunny here by the pool today!
Tracey,
I agree with you..... I love Anderson's gold tie! cool tie! 🙂
DNA testing seems like the only way to sort it all out.
So before they return the children to the parents they have to identify the abuser? How will they determine the abuser? Isn't the mother who turns her daughter over to an older man just as guilty of abuse as the man who takes the daughter in? This is quite a mess.
Erica and Anderson, hello from Mississippi. In the case of the 416 children, I have a suggestion and would love to learn if it is reasonable. The Mormons whom I know are very family-focused and wonderful parents. If these FLDS children and/or perhaps the Moms, I wonder if the mainstream LDS might step forward and provide assistance, housing, etc. and be appointed as guardians of the children to assure that they are no longer subject to the FLDS groups.
Good evening AC360 and bloggers,
I appreciate if the women will do anything to get their children back, but how long would the changes last?
As a mother, I too would do anything to get my kids back if they were taken from me. But, then again, I would make sure I didn' t break any laws of the land to get my kids in a position to be taken away from me.
Also, having children also ensures their place in heaven in part, doesn't it?
wow, good news at last!
The ladies that were on air last week that had been children in the 1953 raid simpley went back to the fold. Do you think if the sect is forced to disband, it would really change anything?
Hey Erica and Anderson and the whole staff at CNN. Thanks so much for this interactive forum. It makes all the news so much more REAL . Maybe something can be done to stop all this insanity if we are not just passive viewers.
They have to determine who the parents are to determine who has the legal right to litigate their fitness. Once. the parentage is determined – those individuals can pursue their legal rights to potentially regain custody of their children.
Sounds like a great program tonite, Anderson.
Hello fellow bloggers, Anderson, Erica, Lilibeth & Megan! Happy Friday all !!
Good evening Anderson & Erica.
Boy, what a shock for all these young kids and the mothers. It had to be done but it must be horrible especially for kids that haven't a clue what's going on. Now they'll be giving them strange tests. It seems so unfair to them.
I like Anderson's gold tie... It sparkles.
This is so weird..it's like these kids don't exist...or just started existing on April 3. No record of their births on the compound? No birth certificates? No family bibles or some kind of chart of lineage?
Hi everyone....
So how will they get these mothers and children to do DNA testing if they refused to even talk? This is getting very interesting.
Michael in NC,
we have big snow in Seattle right now!
Good Evening All
I am new to this blog right now i am sitting in an airport in some godforsaken country. For a flight back to the US.
Here’s one for Jeffery Toobin to sort out:
Since Warren Jeff’s can take a wife from one man and reassign them to another man, along with their children, is it not possible that the DNA testing could show that a woman is a child’s biological mother, but some of her children may have a different biological father–a father who could then also claim a legal right to custody?
If such relationships were established, could the state of Texas then require the women to prove that they were both legally married and then legally divorced or face bigamy charges? What would the state do if the DNA tests indicated incest had taken place?
Also when the women told CNN reporters they were married at a legal age, might they mean to the man they now consider to be their husband, but they might have had an earlier (under age) marriage? I doubt that anyone ever told these women that a half-truth is still a whole lie!
It's Friday and Massachusetts has a three day Weekend!!!
I'm glad the children will not go back.
Hey Erica and Anderson!
I'm looking forward to hearing about the FLDS raid and court hearing. As sad as it is, I am glad the children cannot go back home. I want their lives to be as normal and healthy as possible.
I really think that this custody hearing is a huge mess.
Anderson is looking very nice tonight.
Hi Anderson, Erica and live bloggers! It's Friday and hasn't the weather been awesome!
If the Texas FLDS is coming under the gun, why can't they go after all the FLDS sects in other States? It's obviously not just about one sixteen year old girl anymore. What about the children in other States?
Whats up guys, looks like a lot of the same, with some good new developments. Hope everyone had a great SUNNY Friday.
Hello Anderson, Erica, and Bloggers, Lilibeth and Recceba!
I am back tonight join AC360! 🙂 Thank God its Friday night!
I am glad court keeps all 416 kids....... that is good news. they keep kids safe from FLDS. 🙂
Looking forward to the show as always. Happy Friday bloggers! Can't wait to see the Hillary segment 🙂 Oh awesome Hill's gonna be on Larry King..nice 😀
Hi Anderson looking good and Erica. pretty as ever.
What's the topic for tonight? The FLDS hearing, or the debates of Hillary and Obama or did something else happened when we were busy today in are daily life?
Good evening, Anderson, Erica, and all!
Good evening Anderson, Erica and bloggers. Happy Friday!!!!!
Hope there is not to much rejiggering for you tonight Anderson and Erica 🙂