The greatest civil rights movement ever, has yet to be acknowledged.

While the world argues over whether the FLDS people should be protected because they all belong to the same religion, or prosecuted because of it, the true prejudice of the situation goes highly unnoticed. If you take one word from the many comments on the situation, and replace it with a term used to identify a group, (Black, Jew, women, etc.), that has already paid the price of freedom, the prejudice becomes disturbingly clear. The word is not FLDS. The word is children.

"...there is a continuing danger to the physical health or safety of the child (black person) if the child (black person) is returned to the care of the parent (white person) or other person entitled to possession of the child (black person)..."
http://web.gosanangelo.com/pdf/affidavit.pdf

The CPS worker is asked about the decision to remove the girls and replies that her concern is a global pattern that underage marriage (marriage of black people) and children (black people) having children is permitted.
...
The investigation revealed teenage (black) pregnancies, the witness says. The mind-set is such, she says, that the young (black) girls believe it is the highest blessing they can have to have children.
...
Some girls who are reporting they are adults ( white) are likely not adults (white)...
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/apr/17/live-from-the-courthouse-updates-ON-FLDS-CUSTODY/

Girls age 14, 15 or 16 (who are black) are not emotionally mature enough to consent to marriage, the witness replies.
...
He adds that during childhood, the parts of the brain responsible for speech and language are forming, and if you read to the child, speak to the child and give the child lots of opportunity to hear language, the child will grow up with a healthy language capability.
A part of the brain, he says, is involved in forming healthy relationships, and if there's no bonding, that part of the child's brain does not develop.
...
The psychiatrist says that FLDS members who leave the group are "highly vulnerable" to people who would exploit them because of their upbringing.
It's because they're behind in their decision-making capabilities - they haven't matured, he says.
He testifies that he asked three of the "young (black) women" whether they would allow him to take their pulse, but told them that he didn't have to - it was up to them. They appeared to be flummoxed by having to make a choice, he says.
It's not easy to break the children's (black people's) thought patterns, the psychiatrist says. When you are socialized in a belief and behavior that's deeply ingrained as part of their religion, it's very hard to get a person to see that the belief and associated behavior are wrong, he says.
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/apr/18/live-from-the-courthouse-day-2-of-updates-from/

"My take on it all is that children (black people) are not the personal property of parents (white people)," Berliner said by e-mail. "As minors (black people),the state has an abiding interest in checking on their welfare and their education. When the state doesn't do that, it is abandoning its responsibility to take care of those we define as not able to make decisions on their own."
http://www.sltrib.com/polygamy/ci_9012668

As the state argues with their parents over what is "in their best interest", the children, like their civil rights, have yet to be acknowledged.