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Monday, March 30, 2009
Paper Profiles FLDS Ranch One Year After Raid
Yesterday's Deseret News profiles the situation at the FLDS "Yearning For Zion Ranch" in Eldorado, Texas one year after a high-profile raid that temporarily took 439 children from the compound into state custody. Many families on the ranch were polygamous and state authorities argued that the children's safety was in danger. (See prior posting.) The FLDS temple on the ranch is no longer in use, but many families are back. Many children are still feeling the effects of having been temporarily placed in foster homes.