Raid on West Texas Polygamists

What is the problem that requires the removal of all of the minor children from the YFZ Ranch?

Real short: Child sex abuse.

The charges being leveled against these people have nothing to do with their religion, and everything to do with State Laws meant to prevent sexual abuse of children. The State of
Texas states that there is evidence of at least one of the girls having given birth at age thirteen.

In the State of Texas, any one under the age of fourteen is considered not capable of making a consensual agreement to have sex with an adult. State Law requires that a female be at least sixteen years old with her parents consent to marry. If they are under sixteen, even though the parents consent, the law has been violated.

There appears to be evidence that more than one of these girls has been married off at an age of less than sixteen, and subsequently entered into a sexual relationship with the adult male to whom they have "married" to.

There are many things that Religious Freedom under the First Amendment of the Consitution do not allow. An easy example would be human sacrifice. Another example is use of illegal drugs
as part of ones religion.

In the same vein of following the law, Child molesting and sexual performance of a child can not be covered under Freedom of Religion. The whole community is involved in a conspiracy to commit criminal acts of a sexual nature against minor children. They practice this as a lifestyle under the name of religion, all are knowledgeable of what is occurring, and all have been involved in concealing these criminal acts from discovery by the law, which requires a person knowing that such a crime has been committed must report it to the appropriate authorities.

Up to now, only Warren Jeffs, their "prophet", has been charged with conspiracy, and that in Utah, where he is now in prison for the forced marriage of a fourteen year old girl to her cousin. The State of Utah has been cracking down on these men who marry and have sex with prohibited minors, that is why they have built their compound in West Texas.

The State could charge all of the adults with conspiracy, but up to now has not chosen to do so.

What person among you can not understand that this is a case of protecting minor children from adults, who have themselves been raised in this idea that this is alright?

I am a small government conservative who normally does not like to see CPS get a foot in anyone's door except in extreme cases. I believe this is an extreme case. If one married couple were teaching their daughters that it was alright to marry and have sex at the age of thirteen, in violation of State Law, no one would be having a problem with the State's involvement, except probably pedophiles.