I agree with about the Catch 22.

About older women being afraid of losing their men to younger women…

It depends upon how secure a woman feels about herself and about her marriage. I am a grandmother, but I never worry about losing my husband to another woman. Never. My husband knows he is lucky to have me.

I believe that jealousy stems from insecurity. Insecure women might be afraid of losing their husbands to younger women. Basically, the antipolygamy crowd plays on other womens’ fears and insecurities by suggesting that their husbands might want to bring other women into their marriages if polygamy becomes legal.

You see, if the state went first with bigamy and claimed that the two were married, but that the defendant was also married to others at the same time, then the state has admitted a marriage. And, sex in marriage with a wife of 16 is legal (and if she was younger than 16, the jury might still focus on the fact that they were married and not convict for statutory rape).

Also, it is likely, that if the prosecution proved bigamy, that the jury would nullify the bigamy law, or on appeal the Texas law on bigamy would be ruled unconstitutional.

So, what the prosecution is now trying to do is provoke a visceral reaction (most often found in female jurors) about a “much older man taking advantage” of a much younger and prettier woman.

Honestly,folks, we have to get into human psychology here to understand what is going on. Aren’t most of us aware that as some women (say, on the jury) get older, that they fear losing their men to younger women and that they often resent men (in general) for that?

Isn’t our literature full of references to “dirty old men,”and “old goats” and “lecherous old men”? That literature reflects a certain psychological attitude in our society concerning age differences in marriages, that the prosecution wants to use to its advantage.

Hopefully, the defense will call some real experts on DNA who can tell a non-expert jury that DNA research is in its infancy.

DNA was only discovered in 1953, and there are many questions about it that still remain. The general and popular information about DNA can mislead non-experts and experts alike.

For example, if a juror understands that all human beings are about 99% the same genetically, then what is he or she to think about probabilities of a man being a father when the results come back as a 99% probability. Even when a probability is 99.88888%, this would cover hundreds of thousands or even millions of men on the planet. Perhaps some doubt would enter the mind of the juror?

Also, and this is something that needs more scientific investigation, but have you noticed how we’re constantly reading about this or that rapist who has been released from prision because the rapist’s DNA, taken from the victim, NOW shows that he’s not the rapist?

Frankly, this is happening so much, that a reasonable person might wonder about minute, perhaps spontaneous, changes in the DNA samples that happen while they’re being stored. The fact is that the DNA in our bodies is changing all the time.

So, if the DNA does change in some way, does it then change such that it may indicate another man is the rapist when, in fact, the original suspect who was jailed really is the rapist?

And, what of the DNA of a distinct people that is even closer than the DNA found in 99% of humanity? Clearly, the DNA of the FLDS people is much closer to that of each other than it is to others who are not part of the FLDS society. There is very little “new” DNA entering the FLDS society.

So, who is the father? The prosecution has to convince the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that this or that man is the father.

Because this is one blog that they can’t control, it drives them crazy. They can’t say anything negative about the FLDS here. They can’t attack the people who post here. That is why they are viciously attacking Bill now. I hate to break them, but Bill has friends who like and respect him. Personally, I couldn’t care less what the K.S. say about him.

I don’t know if TBM has a drinking problem or not. But if he does, I hope he joins A.A. Too many Indians have died of alcoholism and/or drug addiction.

Justsayin we aren’t interested in you digging the files of WSJ! Plz respect other ppls privacy!
Have we forgotten this is American!!! That we can have freedom of reglion! And not…..have some noisy beast down your neck checkin your DNA. Or to see if you even have one