In recent weeks, the FLDS church has been plastered all over the news. Since the 400+ children were evacuated, there has been constant footage and interviews of FLDS families and members. While I personally feel frustrated and have my own reservations against their practices, I also can’t help but feel that the FLDS is being exploited by the media. It’s one thing to “rescue” (a big issue in itself) these children in addition to the women who want to escape, and then make it known to the public that this is happening. It’s another thing to put FLDS women on television and in essence ask them “do you think what you’re doing is wrong?”
It is either irresponsible journalism or ignorant individuals injecting their close-minded perspective into the news, or both. Enough of the FLDS church members have entirely subscribed to the tenets of their religion and know nothing outside of their enclave. Those that should be in the public eye and receiving the brunt of public backlash should be the leaders of the FLDS church who have clearly brainwashed these people to believing in such practices and caused them to live as they do.
Just another problem that has arisen since the public limelight has shone on the FLDS church is that of deprogramming the rescued children. Whether these children can be brought back and assimilated into a vastly different world is questionable — what they need now is families who can take them in and love them.
