Biology Lesson

Ok, so I'm obsessed with the YFZ (Yearning for Zion) cult/sect of Mormonism.  To be exact, they're Fundamental Latter Day Saints, which are the same off-shoot of the regular mormons about whom Under the Banner of Heaven was written.  If you remember the whole thing about a year ago when Warren Jeffs was arrested after being one of the most wanted peeps in amerrrrca.   He was the head of the FLDS and was in trouble for arranging forced marriages, particularly btwn young teenage girls and gross old men.  Oh and he's also some sort of prophet.  

Have you all read Under the Banner of Heaven?  If not, its sooooo good.  And you'll never really think about morm again the same.  It focuses on the FLDS and how f-ed up it is.  And to regular Mormon's credit, they by no means acknowledge FLDS or plural marriage.  I mean, that's what they say. 

But what is fascinating is the whole way this plural marriage thing came about.  Obviously this is paraphrasing years and years of thier religion, but basically any prophet in Mormtown is such b/c god talks directly to him.  Back in the d, one of the prophets was married to his wife for years but suddenly took a liking to another lady.  Of course, divorce/extra-marital affairs are not allowed, so isn't it funny that right about this time the lord god came down and told this dude "I want men to have multiple wives".   And so, since it was the "word of the lord" men HAD to take multiple wives.  Oh and this was in regular mainstream mormon religion.  The mormons banned it eventually saying it was wrong (but really they were forced to by the US govt b/c they wouldn't get tax breaks).  And that's when FLDS broke off.  

Anywhoooooooo  this is a long long tangent leading up to this creepy shit:

Ok, so let's count 'em.... 1 dad/husband, 6 wives/moms, 20? kids

So obviously there is a shitload wrong with everything in this picture, including multiple wives, a billion kids, and a creepy molester-looking dad who is at least 25 years older than any of his wives.  Lets just put that aside for 1 second and break it down to the fundamentals.....In the YFZ Ranch there are supposedly about 500 peeps.   If the dad to mom ratio is 1 to 6, and the dad to kid ratio is 1 to 20, and they never leave the confines of their "commune" ranch....do you see what I'm gettin at here?  INBREEDING!!!!  Don't tell me this shit is norm: 

Please note bluey on the far right, unibrow in the middle and glasses on the far left.  That has hill-people written all over it.  

Anyway, its no wonder they love living in a cult in the middle of texas and do their hairs in that beautiful fashion. Them dna's all squirrely.  

Here's some more pics below.  Sorry, but I'm just fascinated and becoming obsessed.  And I'm excited b/c I'm about to watch OPRAH's special on the YFZ from earlier today.  Go Oprah Go Oprah!! Go Go Go Oprah!!