Eleven employees of the Hill Country Community Mental Health-Mental Retardation Center recently provided written reports of their experiences at the request of the regional governing board. Each expressed frustration — and some anger — at how CPS treated the children.
After hearing about their experiences at the makeshift shelters last month in San Angelo, Kight said he and the board felt the need to do something.
"We can't just stand by and let this happen as Americans," he said. "Hopefully, (Gov. Perry) will take some sort of action to get these parents back with their kids."
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Not to restate the obvious but let's not forget that more than 40 girls under 16 (that's roguhly%10) are or were pregnant when the authorities took custody. The fathers of the babies are almost exclusively adults and the girls' parents were well aware and did nothing. Without the religious component it is just a bunch of incest and capital sexual battery charges for the men. If this was happening in a trailer park in a bad section of town noone would be upset that they took these children from home that they were being forced to have sex and marry at 12 and 13. oh.. and poligamy is illegal in every state. None of that gives the state the right to violate rights or not follow correct procedure but they have done their best under a very unique and tough situation.
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