The dirty little secret of the Beehive State has made its way from communities (Hillsdale, UT and Colorado City, AZ) on the Utah-Arizona border to a sparsely populated county in Deep West Texas (Schleicher County's 2000 population was 2,935 and its county seat, Eldorado (El-door-ray-doe), recorded a population of 1,951.) The 2000 Census count did not include the Yearning For Zion (YFZ) Ranch.
An earlier (2000) independent film, "Many Wives: Vows Of Silence," portrays the lives of five women, who have left polygynous marriages and communities mostly on the Utah-Arizona border. Their testimony is given in the context of the political controversy regarding religious plural marriage aka "spiritual/celestial marriage" in Utah. The film was directed and produced by Menasheh Fogel (Salt Lake City filmmaker) and Steven Pecchia-Bekkum (Salt Lake City filmmaker and staff member at the University of Utah's Film Department).
By now, most of the YFZ Ranch children (and young wives) have been reunited with the other Saints and back they'll go behind the security fences and locked gates of the YFZ Ranch. May the Lord of their choice have mercy on their souls while they yearn for Zion. If this is (fair & balanced) horror, so be it.
{x Houston Chronicle]
Nick Anderson's View Of The Texas Supremes' FLDS Ruling
[In 2005, Nick Anderson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning while he was with the Louisville Courier-Journal. In 2006, Anderson became the editorial cartoonist for the Houston Chrinicle.]
[x YouTube/Videofactmaker Channel]
Many Wives: Vows Of Silence, Part I
Many Wives: Vows Of Silence, Part II
Many Wives: Vows Of Silence, Part III
Many Wives: Vows Of Silence, Part IV
Many Wives:Vows Of Silence, Part V
Many Wives: Vows Of Silence, Part VI
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