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Has anyone found a site that has the court documents in the Eldorado case? I am particularly interested in FLDS' motion to quash the search warrant. Thanks.
 
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Here's a link to a AP wire story about the hearing today:

Church lawyer argues search of compound like search of Vatican

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8VUL4000.html
 
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This raid has already become highly controversial, and will undoubtedly continue to be.

But I was very glad to read this reasonable opinion in the Statesman today:

Religion can�t shield illicit activities
By The Editorial Board | Saturday, April 12, 2008, 05:20 PM

Freedom to worship as one chooses without government interference is a fundamental tenet of the U.S. Constitution. It is right there in the First Amendment. All constitutional rights, however, have boundaries.

Americans have been wrestling with the issue of religious freedom since the republic was first conceived. It is often a challenge, but it goes to the heart of the rule of law that is our national foundation.

In his Notes on Religion, founding father and America�s third president Thomas Jefferson wrote, �If anything pass in a religious meeting seditiously and contrary to the public peace, let it be punished in the same manner and no otherwise than as if it had happened in a fair or market.�

In other words, what is proscribed in law cannot be allowed under the banner of religion. If it is against the law to torture animals, then animals cannot legally be tortured as a form of worship. If it is against the law to rape children, it is against the law to rape them anywhere, even in a church that condones it.

See the rest here:

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/editorial/entries/2008/04/12/religion_cant_shield_illicit_a.html
 
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