The Issue Is Molestation - Not Polygamy

Warren Jeffs has finally been arrested. Jeffs is the leader of a Mormon sect believing in and practicing polygamy [Jeffs is believed to have 40 wives himself]. He has been on the run from the law and was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list last May. He was arrested by a Nevada trooper just north of Las Vegas on a traffic stop.

I'm glad he was arrested. What I'm not looking forward to is the way it will be covered in the news media. When he went on the run, all the media could talk about was polygamy. They will probably do that again. That's sad, because this is not about polygamy. It is about child molestation. If all the marriages he arranged and facilitated were with adult women, he would not be in legal trouble. He has not been charged with bigamy. Personally, I don't care how many women he or his followers marry.

I do care about child molestation though, and that is basically what he has been charged with. He arranged and facilitated marriages between older men and under-age girls. That is and should be a serious crime. Child molestation is a crime, whether it happens in a church or not.

So please major media, do not cover this story as one of polygamy. It is not.