Large Families & Welfare

Over 300,000 polygamous in Utah and it's a 3rd degree felony?
It appears the law looks the other way, unless minors are involved. Even then prosecution is rare.
The best case against polygamy is welfare.
A poor man with many wives and many children is a burden on our civil society.
Since his wives are not legally married, they can claim they are single mom's raising kids on their own. They therefore qualify for welfare and most of them get it. Meanwhile dad moves from one Section 10 household to the next eating meals bought with food stamps.
Even more frustrating, most of them hate the secular government, but do not mind "bleeding the monster" as some fundamentalists call it when they try and justify living off tax dollars.
HOW CONVENIENT

This brings up the other phenomena of what I call breeders. There is a couple getting all kinds of attention lately because they have 14 kids and one on the way. In an article it says they will have more if God gives them more. Wow, and I thought babies were dropped off by the Stork! I guess if Dad can support such a large family, go for it. But today, I think its almost selfish to have so many kids. Back when my dad grew up, he was the 2nd youngest of 8, there was no birth control. Farmers grew not only crops but their own home grown workers. They needed large families to work the fields and tend to the animals. And back then, "the good ole days" many babies did not see their first birthday. Many mothers died in childbirth. So, having 14 -15 kids today is just plain silly. As usual, these large modern families are normally religous fundamentalists. Birth control is a sin. God said to multiply, so damn it we better get busy! One benefit for mom is she has given birth to her future babysitters. You can say, in a sense the big sisters are the 2nd, 3rd wife - housework and child care duties will be their childhoods. Great on the job training. I wonder if the children appreciate their parents views on family.

I am the oldest of four, and I think four is a good number, but two is what I have. With four, I have brothers and a sister. My son does not have a brother, my daughter does not have a sister. Is that bad? OK? I'm glad I have a sister, but growing up with her was not necessarily a good time. As adults we get along better than most siblings I know, but still, there is always that sibling angst from days past. At least with only two kids, I don't have a favorite son or daughter. I tell them they are my favorite girl and boy in the whole wide world. I find it hard to be "fair" in dealing with two, how can one possibly do that with 14! I have two aunts that had 8 or more children. All I can say, things did not necessarily turn out well for most of my cousins. Poverty usually pre-determines ones future. They lived in poverty and most still do. Therefore on welfare.

11-1-05
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- A judge will ask the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to let him stay on the bench after a commission that oversees judges ordered him dismissed because he has three wives.
Those pursuing the case against Judge Walter Steed say his plural marriage creates a conflict: After taking an oath to uphold the law, he shouldn't be breaking it.
"You can't have it both ways," said Colin Winchester, the executive director of the state's Judicial Conduct Commission.
The commission issued an order seeking Steed's removal from the bench in February, after a 14-month investigation determined Steed was a polygamous and as such had violated Utah's bigamy law.
Bigamy is a third-degree felony in Utah punishable by up to five years in prison, but Steed's attorney, Rod Parker, said Utah's attorney general and the Washington County prosecutor have declined to prosecute his client.