562 ABA Journal Religious Law articles.
The state attorney general will serve as special prosecutor in all criminal cases arising from a raid early last month on a Texas ranch run by a religious sect that…
May 6, 2008 5:44 PM CDT
Sparks flew in Arizona, Nevada and Utah last week after the Senate majority leader criticized prosecutors in those states for not being as aggressive as Texas authorities in pursuing claimed…
May 5, 2008 11:04 PM CDT
Much has been written, in recent weeks, about the number of teen girls entering into “spiritual” underage marriages at a Texas ranch from which some 462 children were removed last…
May 2, 2008 3:48 PM CDT
After a state appellate court’s denial of emergency relief concerning 462 children in a religious sect that were removed from a Texas ranch in a several-day raid early this month,…
Apr 28, 2008 8:13 PM CDT
Some lawyers who support religious freedoms are questioning the removal of more than 400 children from a polygamous sect.
These lawyers argue that evidence of some underage girls being forced…
Apr 25, 2008 2:47 PM CDT
As Texas officials separated more than 100 mothers from their children in a controversial 462-child custody case concerning a religious sect that has advocates polygamy and teenage marriages, a state…
Apr 25, 2008 12:11 AM CDT
Updated: As the state of Texas proceeds with DNA tests this week to try to determine exactly who parents and siblings are in a controversial custody case that, at last…
Apr 22, 2008 6:28 PM CDT
Updated: In the second day of a massive 416-child custody hearing, at least one expert for the state of Texas testified today that there was no sign of abuse among…
Apr 18, 2008 10:08 PM CDT
Updated: A huge custody hearing began today concerning 416 children taken by Texas officials from a ranch operated by a renegade Mormon sect that reportedly promotes polygamy. It bogged down…
Apr 17, 2008 5:44 PM CDT
Updated: As all involved gear up for a huge child custody hearing Thursday over 416 children removed from a Texas ranch run by a renegade Mormon group that allegedly promotes…
Apr 15, 2008 5:30 PM CDT
In preparation for a massive custody hearing Thursday concerning 416 children taken by the state of Texas from a ranch run by a renegade Mormon group that advocates polygamy, a…
Apr 14, 2008 4:16 PM CDT
Known for taking challenging constitutional cases, Gerry Goldstein apparently didn’t hesitate when he got a chance to defend a fringe Mormon group that advocates polygamy, concerning a controversial raid of…
Apr 11, 2008 3:19 PM CDT
In the wake of a controversial raid by Texas authorities on a ranch at which multiple teens allegedly may have been sexually abused by a…
Apr 10, 2008 4:22 PM CDT
As additional details were revealed about the child abuse concerns that led to an unprecedented raid by Texas authorities of a ranch run by followers of a fringe Mormon leader…
Apr 9, 2008 10:25 PM CDT
Updated: In what is apparently the largest child abuse case in state history, officials in Texas have taken custody of 416 children from a Texas ranch run by followers…
Apr 8, 2008 4:50 PM CDT
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