Centennial Park Action Committee Post on the Safety Net

This was a good post I wanted to pass along from the gals at Centennial Park. These women have done a lot of move forward the cause of freedom of religion and our ability to live plural marriage.

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http://merrywives.org/2010/10/06/cpacs-safety-net-concerns/

The Safety Net mission statement states:

The Safety Net Committee brings together government agencies, nonprofit organizations and interested individuals who are working to open up communication, break down barriers and coordinate efforts to give people associated with the practice of polygamy equal access to justice, safety and services.

We (Centennial Park Action Committee) have taken Safety Net at its word, and our intentions being here are to assist to this end. But the events of this last week have left us with some concerns as well as the need to clarify some things.

1. The Attorney General is appreciated in his assurances offered to plural families to not prosecute adult, consensual bigamy. But apparently, the laws that exist making the practice of plural marriage a third degree felony in Utah make him neither able to make that guarantee statewide, nor to ensure the same protections once he leaves office. This creates a volatile and precarious situation for 30,000 plus Utah families that, as the unpopular minority religion in Utah, have been asked to open up their families and lifestyle, to eliminate the curtain of secrecy, and to work with agencies to better understand our cultures. We are puzzled and alarmed with the investigation into the Brown family. Are there boundaries to this “opening up” and elimination of secrecy that we should know about? Or should we, too, be concerned and apprehensive that you know our names and faces?

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http://merrywives.org/2010/10/06/cpacs-safety-net-concerns/