Quote:
Originally Posted by MorningStar
I wasn't addressing the welfare issue there. I'm talking about his comment that they are following God's commandments. Because they cannot be legally married in this country, their "marriages" are invalid and they are technically committing adultery. I don't think there was welfare fraud because they really are poor, but their lifestyle causes them to require welfare and I think it's wrong to expect the public to foot the bill for their decisions.
|
Their lifestyle doesn't require welfare. Prejudice from holier-then-thou Mormon folks in Southern Utah keeps them from a lifestyle they enjoy in other parts of the country. Those in Vegas do very well. the folks in Texas were doing very well (maybe you missed that part of the article).
The fact is these folks are excellent workers who do fabulous work at whatever they put there hand to (which is one reason they were getting tons of government contracts)... and when not surrounded by bigots, they prosper.