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Originally Posted by mrbowler  Can you expand on this statement? TIA |
Colorado City, AZ, and Hildale, UT, are known large polygamist communities. Rowenna Erickson, a victim, researcher and activist said "If Senator Hatch is supporting Utah's Attorney General Mark Shurleff's Safety Net Program, then there is a good chance federal funding is being used to enable polygamy and its crimes."
Bob Curran, director of an anti-polygamy group in St. George called Help the Child Brides, asked Senator Hatch if he knew girls as young as 13 and 14 were being forced into marriages with older men living in the nearby twin polygamous towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz. "I wouldn't throw accusations around unless you know they're true," Hatch cautioned Curran and another speaker, Sonja Blancke, who also questioned the senator on his position.
"I'm not here to justify polygamy," Hatch said. "All I can say is, I know people in Hildale who are polygamists who are very fine people. You come and show me evidence of children being abused there and I'll get involved. Bring the evidence to me."
Look at the horrific Babyland issue [unmarked children's graves in the Fundamentalist Church of Later Day Saints (FLDS) canyonlands], John McCain, has ignored the crimes of building secret graves, and even takes campaign contributions from Mohave County ARIZONA where the FLDS is headquartered.
Also, Senator McCain has responded to constituent's letters requesting investigation into the Colorado City ARIZONA polygamy compound by writing that it is a UTAH issue not ARIZONA or FEDERAL issue. I believe the term "passing the buck" works here.