For the last few weeks I've been following the FLDS story in the national media. Even the generally conservative media seems to be reporting only one side of the story. Fortunately my good friend DHM at The Common Room has been keeping track of the whole story via the court transcripts and various interviews of both sides. Here is one of her recent comments:

By all means, as I keep repeating ad infinitum, arrest those who have committed crimes. But what the public is actually finding these people guilty of is not being 'one of us'- of looking and sounding different- and while we give lip service to 'individualism' we really, really, don't like people to be too different- spend some time at the mall sometime and notice just how superficial our 'unique' tastes are.

Based on her and other bloggers' analysis of the actual facts of the case, it seems as though the State of Texas' case is beginning to unravel. I predict a great deal of embarrassment for their CPS and family court system.

http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/2008/05/flds-updates-for-52.html