• Dan Fischer, De Facto Administrator of the UEP2008-11-18 02:56:47
  

  Documents filed in Utah’s Third District Court on Wednesday November 12, 2008, clearly show that the Diversity Foundation, Dan Fischer’s instrument for maintaining a professional distance while still attacking the FLDS Church, has played a highly significant role in having the UEP placed under court management and in shaping the way in which the Trust has been administered since the court takeover.



• Cost of Bruce Wisan’s Sociological and Psychological War against the FLDS2008-11-17 00:13:45
  

  In a previous article, I asked the question, “What happened to the $7.95 million [Bruce Wisan has] already realized from the sale of UEP assets?” The following information answers, in part, that very question.



• Notice of Hearings2008-11-11 20:01:10
  



• What Is Bruce Wisan Costing the UEP?2008-11-11 19:59:20
  

  On November 14, 2008, a hearing will be held in Judge Denise Lindberg’s court in St. George, Utah, to determine whether court-appointed fiduciary Bruce Wisan can proceed with his contemplated sale of 711 acres of UEP land known as Berry Knoll Farms for $3 million. Wisan claims that the trust is out of money and that he and his attorney firm are currently owed in excess of $1 million and have not been paid in over a year. The proposed sale of this land is just the latest piece of evidence showing that the man appointed to protect the assets of the



• UEP Declaration of Beneficiaries Petition2008-11-08 12:00:05
  



• Affidavit of Willie Jessop in support of Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction2008-11-06 02:26:20
  

  The following affidavit, which was filed in Federal Court November 5, 2008, expresses the heartfelt concerns shared by every FLDS member regarding the State of Utah's actions in the UEP Case. The extent of the devastation, spiritual and economic, that Bruce Wisan and the State of Utah's actions in this matter have visited and are continuing to visit upon our community of faith cannot be overstated. We ask the court for nothing more than to apply the United States Constitution to the actions of the State in this case.



• Supreme Court Decision in Santeria Case Provides Important Precedent2008-10-30 16:06:07
  

  The Supreme Court decision of June 11, 1993 in the case of the Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah established the legal precedent that a law which is aimed at targeting a particular religion violates the Free Exercise clause of the First Amendment and is therefore unconstitutional.



• Doesn’t CPS Know When to Quit?2008-10-28 21:35:23
  

  Enough harm has already been done to innocent children and parents. It is past time for CPS to bow out gracefully and leave these families alone.



• The UEP Was Established for Living the United Order2008-10-21 18:06:51
  

  The UEP was never intended as a business venture or merely as a means of holding and managing the property in the Short Creek valley and elsewhere. It was established to enable the people who gathered around the leadership of the FLDS Church to live a sacred gospel principle, essential to our progress in this life and to our exaltation in the life to come—the United Order.



• Willson’s Story2008-10-10 04:48:52
  



• An Answer to Prayer2008-10-03 20:01:26
  

  VIEWS of a Former Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) September 2008



• Impressions of the Attorneys2008-10-01 09:31:23
  

  The October 2008 issue of the ABA Journal contains an interesting article giving the observations and impressions of several of the attorneys who represented the FLDS mothers and the children following the April raid on the YFZ community



• Are They Finally Paying Their Taxes?2008-09-20 14:16:07
  

  The FLDS people have been paying their property taxes in full and on time ever since the UEP was organized in 1942.



• Bruce Wisan, Fraudulent Fiduciary2008-09-20 06:26:53
  

  Bruce Wisan, the court-appointed special fiduciary for the United Effort Plan Trust, not only is stealing assets of the trust he is supposed to be protecting but also has defrauded the court.



• Where Did You Get That Bull, Carolyn?2008-09-18 10:39:31
  



• Stephen Singular Misrepresents the Character of Warren Jeffs2008-09-16 15:47:52
  

  Instead of being a carefully researched account of FLDS history and culture, Singular’s book is a rehash of the stories of every bitter ex-FLDS member willing to talk to the author.



• Birds of a Feather2008-09-12 10:09:21
  

  In his position as court-appointed special fiduciary for the UEP, Bruce Wisan has affiliated himself closely with two men who are experts at stealing the assets of a company for their personal gain and defrauding the stockholders of millions of dollars—Richard Holm and Jethro Barlow



• FLDS Children Were Being Educated All Along2008-09-11 11:35:57
  

  FLDS parents have been educating their children all along, either through public or private schools or through home schools.



• Letter to Dan Fischer from His Daughter2008-09-06 13:33:06
  



• Britton’s Story2008-09-04 13:55:33
  



• Oh, Experience, There's Nothing Like Experience!2008-08-30 05:02:03
  

  The Lord has all things in His hands; therefore let it come, for it will give me experience



• Letter from Merrianne Jessop to her Mother2008-08-27 18:58:38
  



• Removal of FLDS Girl Is Not Justified2008-08-22 14:37:11
  

  The return of Merrianne Jessop, the14-year-old daughter of Merril and Barbara Jessop to foster care on August 19 is a clear overreaching of state authority.



• Faith of the Children2008-08-22 13:04:09
  

  In the face of almost continual pressure to compromise their faith and beliefs, the FLDS children have demonstrated remarkable determination and courage.



• “What Are You Saying, Carolyn?”2008-08-22 12:45:30
  



• Now They Want to Do It Again2008-08-18 22:32:33
  

  With hearings beginning today on the CPS motions to return eight FLDS children to foster care, it would be well to remember the abuses that already have been heaped upon these children and their mothers by CPS and the Texas foster-care system.



• Parallels in the Island Pond Raid2008-08-15 20:07:16
  

  Because of the courage of one man, 112 Island Pond, Vermont children were returned to their homes within 48 hours of their seizure. The entire state case was dismissed, and there was no lingering SRS presence to harass the families and attempt further to control their lives.



• Slow Day in the News?2008-08-13 19:19:56
  

  The probe into the FLDS has not been widened as the Deseret News implies in its misleading headline. The number of cases reported in the news article is the same as that announced by Texas authorities in early April.



• The Plan of Salvation2008-08-08 18:02:32
  

  One of the stereotypes regarding the FLDS people is that we believe all outsiders are wicked gentiles doomed to suffer the wrath of God in this world and the world to come.



• Texas CPS Wants to Kidnap Eight FLDS Children2008-08-06 12:39:02
  

  On Tuesday, August 5, 2008, the Texas CPS filed petitions to place eight FLDS children, ages 5 to 17, back into foster care.



• Who Is Dan Fischer?2008-08-05 22:32:18
  

  What do you get when you mix wealth and power with intelligence, unbending determination, and intense personal hatred? The answer is Dan Fischer.



• The FLDS Way Is to Teach Children through Love2008-08-02 11:08:20
  

  FLDS teachings always have emphasized persuasion through love, not compliance through force and brutality



• Real Child Abuse2008-08-01 12:40:16
  

  Our public officials need to stop wasting their time and the taxpayers’ money searching for nonexistent crimes among the FLDS when the very people they have been relying on for their misinformation are guilty of criminal child abuse themselves.



• Dan Fischer: Abusive Husband and Father2008-07-30 20:21:48
  

  The physical and emotional abuse in Dan Fischer’s family extended to his children as well as to his wives.



• Senate Hearing Gives Biased View of FLDS2008-07-25 16:29:08
  

  The July 24, 2008 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a one-sided theatrical display designed to arouse prejudice against a minority religious culture.



• FLDS Willing to Cooperate with Texas Authorities2008-07-23 19:42:14
  



• Natalie Malonis: Would You Let This Woman Represent Your Daughter?2008-07-23 15:34:38
  

  Natalie Malonis, Teresa Jeffs’ court-appointed attorney ad litem, has exhibited a pattern of drug abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, and mental instability that calls into serious question her ability to provide competent representation for any client.



• Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FLDS2008-07-21 18:20:20
  

  On July 24, 2008, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled before the Senate Judiciary Committee a hearing on ''Crimes Associated with Polygamy: The Need for a Coordinated State and Federal Response.'' He especially plans to target the FLDS Church.



• Carolyn Jessop: Not So Credible after All2008-07-21 15:49:19
  

  The only thing wrong with Carolyn’s version of the Caliente episode is that most of it never happened



• Is This Where We Want to Go?2008-07-21 10:54:06
  

  Considering the hearing scheduled for this Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee as well as the closed-door meeting of top law-enforcement officials that took place in Las Vegas six weeks ago targeting the FLDS, the American people need to ask themselves whether this sort of scrutiny is what we want for all citizens.



• Courtship and Marriage2008-07-19 14:22:50
  

  An incident recorded in The Mosiah Hancock Journal is interesting in the light of current accusations regarding the FLDS in Texas.



• The Unreliability of Apostate Narratives2008-07-17 13:33:20
  

  In trying to understand and explain the disparity between Carolyn Jessop’s account of her life in the FLDS culture and what I have personally observed and experienced as an FLDS member, I ran onto a fascinating book that gives a key to understanding not only Carolyn herself and her book Escape but also Elissa Wall, Flora Jessop, Dan Fischer, and other vocal ex-FLDS members.



• Letter to Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee2008-07-17 13:26:07
  



• Religious Prejudice Strikes Again2008-07-15 14:30:49
  

  Bitter religious prejudice against the FLDS people surfaced again last week in Custer County, Colorado, and in Washington, D.C.



• The Price of Iniquity … Toward the FLDS Members2008-07-15 14:28:41
  



• You Can’t “Escape” the Truth2008-07-12 20:39:41
  

  I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.---Mark Twain



• This Song Is For The Children2008-07-12 00:38:36
  

  The following letter and video were presented to FLDS Representatives on June 17, 2008 by members of the Principle Voices Coalition Committee.



• Texas Foster-Care System Mushrooming2008-07-08 11:29:42
  

  The number of children in foster care is increasing faster in Texas than in any other state except California.



• More on DNA2008-07-07 15:39:07
  



• CPS: They Do This All the Time2008-07-06 19:06:47
  

  The great number of children involved in the YFZ kidnapping and the worldwide publicity it has received are not typical, but the appalling truth is that on a smaller scale CPS operates this way every day all across the nation.



• How Reliable Is DNA Testing of YFZ Families?2008-07-06 09:36:54
  

  Most people assume that DNA identification is virtually infallible, and it is true that such tests generally have a high level of reliability. However, mistakes have been made with tragic consequences.



• Texas Supreme Court Has Conflict of Interest in YFZ Case2008-07-02 22:20:49
  

  The state’s highest court in civil cases, through its Commission on Children, Youth and Families, has become a “collaborator” with CPS rather than an impartial check on CPS power.



• Judge Johnny Griffin Refused to Sign Search Warrant2008-07-01 09:11:52
  

  We can only speculate on the reasons Judge Griffin is now denying that he refused to sign a warrant authorizing search and seizure at the YFZ Ranch, and present as evidence statements from two “Offers of Proof” filed in the District Court of the 57th Judicial District in Bexar County, Texas, Cause No. 2008-CI-7631



• Let’s Hear It from the “Experts”2008-06-29 15:27:55
  

  To err is human, but to really louse things up, call in an “expert.”



• Who’s Intimidating Whom?2008-06-24 14:38:35
  

  One of the major criticisms of the FLDS women and children is that they are brainwashed and unable to think for themselves. Yet when Natalie Malonis encounters a young lady who does think for herself and has the determination to stand by her decisions, she threatens her that if she continues in such a course both she and her brothers and sisters will be returned to CPS custody.



• FLDS: Media portrayals versus truth2008-06-24 14:12:33
  

  The media seems to be a rumor mill of its own, passing off a few facts while couching them in the baseless accusations of an embittered few and endowing the whole report with a subtext of suspicion.



• More Letters to the Governor2008-06-23 19:22:30
  



• FLDS Girl Deserves New Attorney2008-06-21 12:16:22
  

  Teresa Jeffs was the last of the YFZ children to be released from CPS custody. Even then her attorney succeeded in having special restrictions placed upon her.



• Mark Shurtleff Disseminates Misleading Information about FLDS2008-06-20 15:56:00
  

  Mark Shurtleff has been especially notorious for crediting the false allegations of anti-FLDS crusaders and passing them along as facts.



• Day by Day Events of the YFZ Ranch Raid2008-06-20 15:39:33
  

  Personal Experiences of a Mother



• CPS, Judge Threatened American Foundation2008-06-19 11:56:37
  

  There is more at stake in San Angelo than just child safety. The misconduct of CPS and Judge Barbara Walther threaten the rule of law and due process - foundations of our American way of life.



• “Targeting” the FLDS2008-06-18 15:19:23
  

  What right do government officials have to “target” any religious group? It is apparent to anyone examining the facts that such actions against the FLDS Church are not aimed at investigating known crimes but in trying to “discover” crimes to prosecute in the hope of stamping out a religious culture.



• Letters From A Russian Friend2008-06-17 17:32:00
  



• Father, Forgive Them2008-06-14 12:50:13
  

  Father, forgive them, for surely, they know not what they do.



• The Truth about the “Lost Boys”2008-06-13 14:30:42
  

  Among the allegations circulating in regard to the FLDS people is that they expel young boys from their midst for trivial reasons in order to reduce the competition for brides. Such a ridiculous story would hardly deserve a passing comment if it were not so widely believed.



• Whose Children Are They, Anyway?2008-06-12 13:28:34
  

  How does a state child protective services agency even begin to take nearly 500 children from families living in a peaceful religious community in West Texas?



• Letters to the Governor2008-06-11 19:28:37
  

  On June 6, 2008, under freedom of information laws, we obtained from the governor’s office a collection of over 3,000 pages of documents, mostly e-mail correspondence, pertaining to the raid on the YFZ community in April.



• Rights of Children vis-a-vis Pups and Kittens2008-06-11 17:43:15
  

  Being a packrat of information, new or old, I happened this a.m. on a February 1994 American Spectator. I was bemused to read in R. Emmett Tyrell’s column, The Continuing Crisis (p 8-9), a report of “child” abuse. In the continuing FLDS crisis, it contains food for thought.



• Fire Practically Destroys Governor’s Mansion2008-06-10 14:46:25
  



• Sheriff Doran Tries to Shift the Blame2008-06-10 14:41:45
  

  Over the four years since the FLDS have been in Schleicher County, Doran has taken special pains to cultivate a relationship of trust, often showing up at the gate with his white cowboy hat and folksy southern drawl. He was one of the few outsiders invited into the community and enjoyed a position of considerable trust and confidence. Both the sheriff’s actions during the raid and his comments in the Deseret News interview show that confidence in this man was clearly misplaced.



• Governor Perry Defends CPS Abuses2008-06-08 08:57:22
  

  How can Governor Perry justify the actions of the past two months and still claim to be concerned with the welfare of these children?



• Rep. Hilderbran Ignores the Constitution and Targets FLDS2008-06-08 08:50:31
  

  Texas governor Rick Perry is not the only government official who has been revealing his bigotry toward the FLDS people.



• History Repeats Itself2008-06-05 17:40:58
  



• FLDS Church Policy Statement on Marriage2008-06-05 17:28:31
  



• All Children Now Returned2008-06-04 19:42:31
  



• Polygamist sect’s children sing, write poems to thank Baptists2008-06-04 17:45:54
  

  Children seized from a polygamist sect’s compound and temporarily entrusted to a Texas Baptist child-care agency bid farewell to their former caretakers May 31 with poetry, song and strong emotion.



• Oh, Where Are the Patriots?2008-06-04 17:29:25
  

  Article Printed in Truth Vol. 19:120 Re 1953 Raid on Short Creek, AZ



• Secret Plan to Separate Mothers and Children Revealed2008-06-04 16:55:15
  

  Over 1,500 pages of e-mail correspondence between the governor’s office and CPS were recently obtained by the Dallas Morning News under state freedom of information laws.



• Court Update2008-06-03 10:46:56
  



• Tender Thoughts of a Lonely Mother2008-06-01 21:58:45
  



• The Truth About Flora Jessop2008-06-01 20:20:17
  



• Has YFZ Been Bleeding the Welfare System?2008-05-31 16:54:21
  

  Taxpayers certainly have a bill to pay as a result of the YFZ raid, but the expenses are solely due to the cost of the raid itself and not because the YFZ community has been bleeding the welfare system.



• Finding Peace and Love2008-05-30 12:05:50
  

  Good Morning to you all. I am Dorothy Emma.



• Crime Scene2008-05-30 11:46:37
  

  It’s amazing! The locals finally got it right.



• Parents Being “Weighed in the Balance”2008-05-30 10:18:38
  

  America is a combination of many cultures, but one thing is certain. Mothers and fathers love their children and devote their existence to making life better for the rising generation.



• A Modern-day Inquisition2008-05-30 10:03:32
  

  (Editor’s note: It is refreshing to have clear-thinking people both see and express the truth regarding the YFZ raid and its tragic aftermath. The following article appeared in the Norwich Bulletin.com of May 20, 2008. The original can be accessed at the following link.)



• Underage Marriage2008-05-22 21:49:00
  

  Probably the question about the FLDS people that most readers still want to see addressed is the allegation that there is “a pervasive pattern of underage marriage.”



• I Spent the Day Crying2008-05-22 21:29:29
  



• “It’s Not about Religion”2008-05-22 20:42:51
  

  Certainly no one condones child abuse, but authorities have yet to show that there was any. What is clear is that 464 children have been removed from their parents and firmly entrenched in a system that makes its own rules and seems determined to hold the children as hostages in an effort to force the parents to compromise their religion in order to get their children back.



• Officials Are Liable for Their Actions in the YFZ Raid2008-05-21 12:54:05
  

  Many victims of the raid on the YFZ community, as well as many of those sympathetic to the disrupted families, recognize the gross violations of human rights which have occurred in this tragic event but feel helpless to do anything about them. Those responsible for these violations seem able to justify any atrocity under the cloak of “protecting the children” and behave as though they were above the law and accountable to no one.



• YFZ Children Lived in Separate Homes2008-05-17 09:36:15
  

  The YFZ community has over 40 separate residences where children lived, as well as a number of trailer houses occupied by adults with no children. A few of the buildings were duplexes or four-plexes, but each family had its own living quarters with separate kitchen, living room, bathrooms, bedrooms, and laundry facilities.



• Child “Protection” is BIG Business!2008-05-15 16:01:10
  

  According to new studies cited by staff writer Deborah Circelli in the Daytona Beach News Journal of January 30, 2008, the average yearly cost for children alleged to be victims of child abuse is $66,775. For the 464 children taken into custody from the YFZ community, this would mean a total yearly cost of $30,983,600. Records from Gov. Rick Perry’s office indicate that the first 19 days since the raid already have cost the taxpayers of Texas $7.5 million. Circelli’s article makes the point that billions of dollars each year could be saved by ma



• Children Fare Better with Families Than in Foster Care2008-05-15 15:31:19
  

  We have discussed in other articles some of the evidence showing that the FLDS children taken in last month’s raid on the YFZ community come from stable, loving families and are not abused verbally, physically, sexually, or in any other way. Since these children have been scattered in shelters and foster-care facilities throughout the state, it also would be well to consider the evidence of just how safe they are likely to be in their new “homes.”



• An Open Letter to The Honorable Governor Rick Perry and The Honorable Judge Barbara Walther2008-05-14 20:45:28
  

  I am eighty years old. I’ve lived in Texas for almost a year and have been a member of the FLDS Church for fifty-six years. My purpose in writing this letter is to counter the false propaganda that has spewed forth from the Texas authorities.



• FLDS Human Rights Violations are Fraud Reminiscient of KGB2008-05-13 17:50:23
  

  The following article appeared April 20, 2008, in Frank Staheli’s blogspot Simple Utah Mormon Politics. He has generously given us permission to post it on our Website.



• Mental Health Workers Report FLDS Women Good Mothers2008-05-13 17:44:47
  

  these are loving mothers with well-behaved and well-adjusted children



• Letter to President George W. Bush2008-05-11 12:58:29
  

  On May 10, 2008, Willie Jessop hand delivered the following letter at President George W. Bush’s Ranch in Crawford, Texas



• Broken Bones or Broken Hearts?2008-05-11 12:48:30
  

  On April 30 Carey Cockerell, commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, reported that among the 464 children taken into custody from the YFZ community near Eldorado, Texas, at least 41 children, some of them very young, showed



• Hello, America!2008-05-11 11:40:48
  

  So, you want to hear from the FLDS women, huh?



• Brainwashed Women?2008-05-11 11:08:21
  

  There seems to be a common misperception regarding FLDS women that has played well into the media ever since Texas authorities raided the YFZ Ranch community near Eldorado, Texas. This is the stereotyped view that these women are brainwashed, mindless zo



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