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The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) is a group of Mormon fundamentalists. It is the world's largest group of Mormon fundamentalists^[1]. It may also be America's largest practitioner of plural marriage.^{[citation needed]} The church is not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from which it split in the late 1890s after the mainstream church renounced polygamy in order for Utah to obtain statehood. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1314 KB) Summary source of file: Http://web. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1314 KB) Summary source of file: Http://web. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 1015 KB) Summary source of file: Http://web. ... Eldorado is a city located in Schleicher County, Texas. ... Image File history File links Joseph_Smith_first_vision_stained_glass. ... 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Since 2002 Warren Steed Jeffs has led the church, succeeding his father, Rulon Jeffs. Its headquarters have been, for nearly the last century, in Hildale, Utah, which is a twin city with Colorado City, Arizona, although recent news reports indicate a shift of the church's main headquarters to Eldorado, Texas, where a temple has been built.^[2] A photo of Warren Jeffs from his wanted poster on the FBI web site. ... Rulon Jeffs (December 6, 1909 - September 8, 2002) was the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a religious group with strong belief in polygamy based out of Colorado City, Arizona. ... Hildale is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area  Ranked 13th  - Total 84,876 sq mi (219,887 km²)  - Width 270 miles (435 km)  - Length 350 miles (565 km)  - % water 3. ... Twin cities are two cities that are geographically close to each other and may seem to form a single unit, often referred to collectively. ... Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... Eldorado is a city located in Schleicher County, Texas. ... Official language(s) English (de facto) See also languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ...

Warren Jeffs, the leader of the FLDS, was arrested in southern Nevada on the evening of August 28, 2006, though news of his arrest wasn't broadcast until the following day.^{[citation needed]} According to FBI spokesman David Staretz, Jeffs was taken into custody after he, one of his brothers, and one of his wives were pulled over shortly after 9 p.m. PDT by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper on Interstate 15 just north of Las Vegas. The leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was wanted for the alleged sexual assault of a minor in 2002 and for one count of conspiracy to commit sexual assault with a minor that same year, as well as federal charges of flight to avoid prosecution. The alleged offenses took place in the vicinity of Colorado City. Additionally, Jeffs is wanted in Utah as an accomplice to rape. For nearly two years Jeffs had been a fugitive and from May of 2004 until August 28, 2006, he was on the FBI's Ten Most-Wanted list, with a $100,000 reward offered for information leading to his capture.^[3] This article does not cite its references or sources. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Membership and headquarters

The number of members of the church is unknown due to the very closed nature of their religion; however, their population is estimated at between 6,000 to 10,000 in the twin communities of Colorado City, Mohave County, Arizona and Hildale, Washington County, Utah.^{[citation needed]} After purchasing land now called the Yearning for Zion Ranch or YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Texas, there appears to be a shift in the headquarters of the church along with a large exodus of Warren Jeffs' "most faithful" church members to the new, and rapidly growing, YFZ Ranch. This has left a large sense of uncertainty among the FLDS members in Colorado City and Hildale with a majority of their property rights and general livelihoods now in the hand of the Utah Attorney General's Office who filed a lawsuit freezing the assets of the United Effort Plan, the property holding and financial wing of the FLDS church.^{[citation needed]} The church also has a colony in Bountiful, British Columbia. In the British Columbia towns, the church is the primary influence and reason for being.^{[citations needed]} Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. ... Mohave County is located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... Hildale is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. ... Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area  Ranked 13th  - Total 84,876 sq mi (219,887 km²)  - Width 270 miles (435 km)  - Length 350 miles (565 km)  - % water 3. ... The YFZ Ranch is a 1,700 acre ranch in Southwest Texas owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. ... Eldorado is a city located in Schleicher County, Texas. ... Warren Steed Jeffs (born December 3, 1955 in San Francisco, California) is the President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. ... Bountiful is a small settlement in the Creston Valley of British Columbia, noted for polygamous group of Mormons living outside the settlement. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English de facto (none stated in law) Flower Pacific dogwood Tree Western Redcedar Bird Stellers Jay Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 36 6 Area...

Distinctive doctrines

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The FLDS church teaches polygyny, a type of polygamy that allows marriage of more than one woman to a man (it does not permit polyandry). In the church's teachings on the plurality of wives, women are required to be subordinate to their husbands as a general requirement for the highest eternal salvation of men, Godhood. It is generally believed in the church that a man should have three wives to fulfill this requirement.^{[citations needed]} Image File history File links Information_icon. ... The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gune Many + Wives) is used in related ways in social anthropology and sociobiology. ... The term polygamy (many marriages in late Greek) is used in related ways in social anthropology and sociobiology and sociology. ... In social anthropology and sociobiology, polyandry (Greek: poly many, andros man) means a female forming a stable sexual union with more than one male. ...

Both men and women must abide by a strict dress code. Women are generally forbidden to wear makeup, pants or any skirt above the knees, or to cut their hair. Men are usually seen wearing plain clothing, usually a collar shirt and pants, and do not have any tattoos or body piercings. In Colorado City, Arizona, women and girls usually wear homemade dresses and long stockings, keeping their hair coiffed.^{[citations needed]} Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. ...

The church currently practices the "Law of Placing" under which all marriages are assigned by the prophet of the church. Under the Law of Placing, the prophet elects to give or take wives to or from men according to their worthiness.

The FLDS Church also commonly prevents its members from owning property, instead being entirely held by the church itself. Within their doctrine, the Church views this as a form of the "Law of Consecration" or "United Order". This is most notable in the United Effort Plan (UEP) which held all FLDS church members' property, homes, and most businesses and therefore most jobs in the Colorado City and Hildale areas. There is an ongoing lawsuit brought by the Utah Attorney General's Office to protect the UEP for the current residents of Colorado City and Hildale, reassigning all assets of the UEP and its trustees, ultimately removing Warren Jeffs and the FLDS Church from control of this multi-million dollar asset. The FLDS Church did not defend this trust when seized by the Utah Attorney General's Office.

The FLDS is now the fifth Latter Day Saint denomination to build a Temple, and the fourth outside of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to operate a temple for live ordinances besides baptism.^{[citations needed]} The Latter Day Saint movement is a religious movement which began in the early 19th century and is generally considered to be founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. ... Temple of Hephaestus, an Doric Greek temple in Athens with the original entrance facing east, 449 BC (western face depicted) For other uses, see Temple (disambiguation). ...

In 2000 the Colorado City Unified School District had more than 1,200 students. When Jeffs ordered FLDS members to pull their children out of public schools, the number declined to around 250.^[4] Colorado City Unified School District No. ...

Criticisms of the church

A view of the FLDS compound in Eldorado, Texas

At the time of his death, former Leader and Prophet Rulon T. Jeffs was confirmed to have married 22 women and fathered more than 60 children, although Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer cited him as having somewhere near 75 wives. Current estimates also state that Warren Jeffs may have upwards of 60 wives. Critics of this belief/lifestyle say that its practice inevitably leads to bride shortages and likely to child marriages, incest, child abuse, and banishment of surplus boys. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2000x1391, 1444 KB) Summary an aerial view of the FLDS compound in Eldorado, Texas. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2000x1391, 1444 KB) Summary an aerial view of the FLDS compound in Eldorado, Texas. ... Eldorado is a city located in Schleicher County, Texas. ... Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (ISBN 1400032806) is a book of investigative non-fiction written by Jon Krakauer. ... Jon Krakauer Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954), is an American non-fiction author and mountaineer, well-known for outdoor and mountain-climbing writing. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Lost Boys of Polygamy are young men who have been excommunicated or pressured to leave polygamous groups such as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) or the Latter-day Church of Christ. ...

Concerning the Law of Placing, many outside of the church, and some inside, view this practice as unduly authoritarian though it helps address by edict the problem of wife shortages.

In its spring 2005 "Intelligence Report," The Southern Poverty Law Center named FLDS to its "Hate Group" listing because of the church's racist teachings, which include, among other things a fierce condemnation of interracial relationships. Warren Jeffs has said, among other things, "The black race is the people through which the devil has always been able to bring evil unto the earth."^[5] The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American non-profit legal organization, whose stated purpose is to combat racism and promote civil rights through research, education, and litigation. ... A hate group is an organized group or movement that advocates hate, hostility, or violence towards members of a race, ethnicity, religion, or other sector of society, or that supports and publishes assertions and argumentation characteristic of hate groups without necessarily explicitly advocating such hate or violence that otherwise characterize... An interracial couple is a romantic couple or marriage in which the partners are of differing races. ...

Former church member Robert Richter reported to the Phoenix New Times that Jeffs repeatedly alluded to the 19th-Century Mormon doctrine of "blood atonement", in which serious sins can only be atoned by the sinner's death, in church sermons. Richter also claims that he was asked to design a thermostat for a high temperature furnace that would be capable of destroying DNA evidence if such "atonements" were to take place.^[6] The Phoenix New Times is a free, weekly Phoenix, Arizona newspaper, put out every Thursday. ... In Mormonism, blood atonement is a controversial doctrine taught by some early Latter-day Saint leaders, and expanded by Brigham Young, that within a theocracy, there are certain sins such as murder which require that murderers have their blood spilt upon the ground, that the smoke thereof might ascend to...

Allegations of welfare fraud, tax fraud, terrorism, paramilitary army groups, incest, statutory rape, physical, emotional and psychological abuse--hidden by a veil of secrecy, isolation, and deprivation--in the FLDS dominated communities have been widely reported in 2004 throughout United States media. It has been estimated that 33% of the men, women and children in the group are receiving state and federal aid,^{[citation needed]} though 0% unemployment was reported in the 2000 census. Welfare fraud refers to various intentional misuses of state welfare systems by witholding information or giving false or inaccurate information. ... This article contrasts tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax resistance and tax mitigation. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... A paramilitary organization is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause pain, injury, or other physical suffering or harm. ... Emotional abuse refers to a long-term situation in which one person uses his or her power or influence to adversely affect the mental well-being of another. ... Psychological abuse refers to the humiliation or intimidation of another person, but is also used to refer to the long-term effects of emotional shock. ... Abuse is a general term for the use or treatment of something (person, thing, idea, etc. ... The United States Census of year 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

Allegations also have been made that in the four and a half years ending in 2004, the FLDS has excommunicated over 400 teenage boys, some as young as 13, for offenses such as dating and listening to rock music.^{[citation needed]} Former members claim that the purpose of these excommunications is that in a polygamous society these young men present competition to the older men for multiple wives, and that the boys must go. Six such teenage boys have filed a conspiracy lawsuit against Jeffs and Sam Barlow, a former Mohave County deputy sheriff and close associate of Jeffs, for a "systematic excommunication" of young men to reduce competition for wives.^{[citation needed]} To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Samuel Kimbrough Barlow (b. ... Mohave County is located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. ...

Moreover, the Colorado City/Hildale, Utah area has the world's highest incidence of fumarase deficiency^[7], an extremely rare genetic condition which causes severe mental retardation. Geneticists attribute this to the prevalence of cousin marriage between descendants of two of the town's founders, Joseph Smith Jessup and John Yeates Barlow; at least half the double community's roughly 8,000 inhabitants are descended from one or both.^{[citation needed]} Fumarase deficiency is an enzyme irregularity that causes severe mental retardation, unusual facial features, brain malformation, and epileptic seizures due to an abnormally low amount of fumarase in cells. ...

History

The area of Hildale and Colorado City has a history of polygamy, dating from the early decades of the 20th century. According to FLDS accounts, Brigham Young visited the area and stated that "this is the right place [and it] will someday be the head and not the tail of the church [and]...the granaries of the Saints."^{[citation needed]} Hildale is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. ... Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... See also, Brigham Young University Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was the second prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ...

The cities were once known as Short Creek, founded in 1913 as a ranching community; however, it soon became a gathering place for polygamist members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^{[citation needed]} In 1935, the LDS Church excommunicated Short Creek's polygymist residents who refused to sign an oath renouncing polygyny, after which the Fundamentalists became more organized under the direction of John Y. Barlow.^{[citation needed]} The location on the Utah-Arizona border was ideal because the group could avoid raids by one state by moving across the invisible state line to the other.^{[citation needed]} The general area, known as the Arizona Strip, is also geographically separated from the rest of Arizona by the Grand Canyon. Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Arizona Strip is that part of the US state of Arizona lying north of the Colorado River and south of the state of Utah. ...

In 1951, Joseph White Musser, the leader of the group following the death of Barlow, raised controversy with the call of Naturopath Rulon C. Allred to the presiding Priesthood Council (which governed the spiritual affairs of the Fundamentalists). This, along with his objections to the growing practice of arranged marriages to underage young women in Short Creek, led to a split between those loyal to that community and those loyal to Musser. Those who followed Musser are today known as the Apostolic United Brethren, Allred became their leader upon Musser's death, at which point the group in Short Creek instead followed LeRoy Johnson, a Priesthood Council member. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Apostolic United Brethren (hereafter AUB) is a polygamous fundamentalist sect not affiliated with the well-known The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ...

Under the Banner of Heaven reported that in 1953, Arizona police authorities organized what became known as the "Short Creek Raid", in which numerous leaders were arrested and taken to Kingman, Arizona. Public sentiment turned against the authorities after newsreels showed children being taken from their mothers and fathers being thrown in jail. This turn in public support thus doomed the political career of Governor John Howard Pyle. 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Kingman RR station Kingman is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. ... John Howard Pyle (1906-1987) was the 12th governor of Arizona and served between 1955 and 1959. ...

Recent events

In 2003 the church received increased attention from the State of Utah when police officer Rodney Holm, a member of the church, was convicted of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and one count of bigamy for his marriage to and impregnation of plural wife Ruth Stubbs. The conviction was the first legal action against a member of the church since the Short Creek Raid. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Polygamy, literally many marriages in ancient Greek, is a marital practice in which a person has more than one spouse simultaneously (as opposed to monogamy where each person has a maximum of one spouse at any one time). ...

In November 2003, church member David Allred purchased "as a hunting retreat" the 1,371 acre (5.5 km²) Isaacs ranch 4 miles northeast of Eldorado, Texas on Schleicher County Road 300 and sent 30 to 40 construction workers from Colorado City-Hildale to begin work on the property. Improvements soon included three 3-story houses--each 8,000 to 10,000 square feet (740 to 930 m²), a concrete plant and a plowed field. After seeing high-profile FLDS critic Flora Jessop on the ABC television program Primetime Live on March 4, 2004, concerned Eldorado residents contacted Jessop. She investigated and on March 25, 2004 held a press conference in Eldorado confirming that the new neighbors were FLDS adherents. On May 18, 2004, Schleicher County Sheriff David Doran and his Chief Deputy visited Colorado City, and the FLDS church officially acknowledged that the Schleicher County property would be a new base for the church. It has been reported in the media that the Church is building a temple at the YFZ Ranch, which has been supported by evidence including aerial photographs of a large stone structure (approximately 88 feet wide) being built. Recent pictures now show the temple in a state of relative completion. A local newspaper, The Eldorado Success, reported that the temple foundation was dedicated January 1, 2005 by Warren Jeffs. Eldorado is a city located in Schleicher County, Texas. ... Flora Jessop is a critic and former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints church, a polygamous group unaffliated with the Mormon church. ... Primetimes logo Primetime is a general-interest American news magazine show which debuted on ABC in 1989 with co-hosts Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer and originally had the title Primetime Live. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Schleicher County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... The YFZ Ranch is a 1,700 acre ranch in Southwest Texas owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Warren Steed Jeffs (born December 3, 1955 in San Francisco, California) is the President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. ...

On January 10, 2004, the church suffered major upheaval when Dan Barlow, the mayor of Colorado City, and about 20 men were excommunicated from the church and stripped of their wives and children (who would be reassigned to other men), and the right to live in the town. As a result, a few teenage women reportedly fled the towns with the aid of anti-polygyny advocates. Two of the young women, Fawn Broadbent and Fawn Holm, soon found themselves in a broadly publicized dispute over their freedom and custody. They fled state custody together on February 15, and have been on the run in multiple states since. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

In October 2004, disaffected members of the church reported that David Allred purchased a 60-acre (240,000 m²) parcel of land near Mancos, Colorado (midway between Cortez and Durango) about the same time he bought the Schleicher County property. Allred told authorities the parcel is to be used as a hunting retreat. Mancos is a town located in Montezuma County, Colorado. ... Cortez is a city located in Montezuma County, Colorado. ... Durango (Navajo: Kinłání) is a city in La Plata County, Colorado (USA). ...

On July 11, 2005, eight men of the church were indicted for sexual contact with minors. At least some of them surrendered to police in Kingman. July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kingman RR station Kingman is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. ...

On July 29, 2005, Brent Jeffs filed suit accusing three of his uncles, including Warren Jeffs, of sexually assaulting him when he was a child. The suit also named the FLDS Church as a defendant. His lawyers are representing the six plaintiffs in Friday's suit.On Aug. 10, former FLDS member Shem Fischer, Dan Fischer's brother, added the church and Warren Jeffs as defendants to a 2002 lawsuit claiming he was illegally fired because he no longer adhered to the faith. Fischer, who was a salesman for a wooden cabinetry business in Hildale, claims church officials interfered with his relationship with his employer and blacklisted him. July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

July, 2005, A half-dozen "lost boys" who say they were cast out of their homes on the Utah-Arizona border to reduce competition for wives filed suit Friday against the polygamous church that controls the community."The [boys] have been excommunicated pursuant to that policy and practice and have been cut off from family, friends, benefits, business and employment relationships, and purportedly condemned to eternal damnation," their suit says. "They have become 'lost boys' in the world outside the FLDS community." July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On May 7, 2006, the FBI named Warren Jeffs to their Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on charges of sexual misconduct with minors. May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list arose from a conversation held in late 1949, during a game of Hearts between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, and William Kinsey Hutchinson,[1] International News Service (the predecessor of the United Press International) Editor-in...

Colorado City's Mayor Terrill C. Johnson was arrested on May 26, 2006 for eight fraudulent vehicle registration charges (providing false registration and title papers eight separate times) - a felony. He was booked in to Purgatory Correctional Facility in Hurricane, Utah and was released after paying the $5,000 bail in cash.^[8] May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... For the record label, see Felony Records The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious crimes, whereas misdemeanors are considered to be less serious offenses. ... Hurricane is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. ...

On August 28, 2006, Jeffs was captured on Interstate 15 just north of Las Vegas, Nevada, after a routine traffic stop. He was captured with his brother, Isaac Steve Jeffs, and one of his wives, Naomi Jeffs, both 32. Isaac and Naomi were both released. August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... I-15 redirects here. ... For other uses around the city, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...

See also

• Rulon Jeffs
• Warren Jeffs

Rulon Jeffs (December 6, 1909 - September 8, 2002) was the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a religious group with strong belief in polygamy based out of Colorado City, Arizona. ... Warren Steed Jeffs (born December 3, 1955 in San Francisco, California) is the President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. ...

References

1. ^ Krakauer, Jon. Under the Banner of Heaven. New York:Random House, 2003. ISBN 1400032806
2. ^ http://www.myeldorado.net/YFZ%20Aerial%20Tour/yfztour1.html
3. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/29/polygamist.arrest.ap/index.html
4. ^ http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/88285.php
5. ^ http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=342
6. ^ http://phoenixnewtimes.com/Issues/2005-11-10/news/feature.html
7. ^ Hollenhorst, John. "Birth defect is plaguing children in FLDS towns", deseretnews.com, 2006-02-09. Retrieved on 2006-08-29.
8. ^ http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3871335

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General references

1. Southern Poverty Law Center. In His Own Words. Intelligence Report. (Spring 2005)
2. Dougherty, John. Wanted: Armed and Dangerous. Phoenix New Times (10 Nov. 2005).
3. Information on Utah Attorney General's Lawsuit against the United Effort Plan [1][2]
4. Krakauer, Jon. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (July 15, 2003).
5. Quinn, D. Michael (1998), "Plural marriage and Mormon fundamentalism", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 31(2): 1–68.

Jon Krakauer Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954), is an American non-fiction author and mountaineer, well-known for outdoor and mountain-climbing writing. ... Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith is an historical novel written by Jon Krakauer. ... D. Michael Quinn (born in 1944) is an historian who has focused on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ...

External links

Audio and Video Documents

• Warren Jeffs: Dear Wives (Jeffs about the role of wives; soundclip)
• The Eldorado Success: Audio clips reveal FLDS leader's racist teachings (soundclip)
• Over the Moon Productions: Banking on Heaven (a film "exploring" the FLDS)

Diverse

• Religion News Blog Current and archived news articles on the FLDS, collected by Apologetics Index
• FLDS El Dorado, Texas Current and archived aerial photographs of the community and new temple
• The Eldorado Success "YFZ Ranch" archives page Current and archived articles from the local newspaper "The Eldorado Success" of Eldorado, Texas (articles require a subscription fee)
• Warren Jeffs' Wanted Poster
• Shield & Refuge: A Christian Ministry to Mormon fundamentalists
• Rick Ross Institute Section

News articles

• http://www.lds.org/newsroom/showrelease/0,15503,3881-1-23938,00.html
• Doughery, John. "Polygamy in Arizona: A New Times Special Report", Phoenix New Times, 2005.
• Egan, Timothy. "Polygamous Community Defies State Crackdown", New York Times, October 25, 2005.
• "Meet the New Neighbors", The Austin Chronicle, July 29, 2005
• "The lost boys, thrown out of US sect so that older men can marry more wives", The Guardian, June 14, 2005
• "Sect's secrets contained within compound walls". Dallas Morning News, February 18, 2006
• "FLDS temple appears complete". Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, January 31, 2006
• "Birth defect is plaguing children in FLDS towns". Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, February 9, 2006
• "Property Tax Dispute Threatens Band of Polygamists".New York Times, April 21, 2006
• "Jeffs on FBI's Top Ten". Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, May 7, 2006
• "Warren Jeffs waives extradition, will face rape charges in Utah". CourtTVnews.com, Las Vegas, August 31, 2006