family law, worldwide
Posted in North America on Apr 21st, 2008
As I posted here, more than 500 women and children left or were removed from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ Yearning for Zion ranch in Texas, April 3. Now, because many of the children have refused to tell authorities their or their parents’ names and lied about their [...]
Posted in North America on Apr 21st, 2008
This article in last week’s Newsweek looks at the effect loosened divorce laws had on kids growing up in the 1970s and early 1980s. Some of the men and women describe feeling ashamed of their parents’ failed marriages during a time when divorce was just beginning to become acceptable. As the author explains,
The change had [...]
Posted in Middle East on Apr 15th, 2008
A friend passed on this article from the Yemen Times that AlterNet referenced in one of their blogs. It’s a disturbing story of what marriage and sex can mean to other governments and families. The girl would like to take her father to court for forcing her to marry a 30-year-old man, who [...]
Posted in North America on Apr 9th, 2008
Last week 555 women and children were removed from the YFZ Ranch outside of Eldorado, Texas after investigators responding to a call from a 16 year old mother found numerous girls either pregnant or already mothers of infants on the ranch, owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The [...]
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