Desert Wives (9781615952267)
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WHAT YOU CAN DO: The polygamists depend on public and governmental apathy to keep operating. The only people empowered to change this sad state of affairs are the governors and elected officials of Arizona and Utah. Write them. You can also write your own U.S. Senator or U.S. Representatives, demanding that the federal government stop using our tax dollars to finance polygamy. You can also help support Tapestry Against Polygamy, an organization founded by women who have fled the polygamy compounds. The group can be reached at (800) 259-5200 or www.polygamy.org, the site where they post current polygamy abuses and proposed legislation.
WHY THIS MATTERS: In a Los Angeles Times article by Julie Cart, published Aug. 25, 2002, Arizona State Representative Linda Binder, an anti-polygamy activist, complained that her efforts to pass legislation curbing polygamy in Arizona have met with resistance from other elected officials. Binder said, “We have a situation here that is unconscionable. We have the Taliban in our back yard.”
Betty Webb
Scottsdale, Arizona
August 31, 2002
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