Texas governor suggests sect may want to move on
Gov. Rick Perry hinted Thursday that members of a polygamist sect whose children were recently returned amid a botched sex-abuse investigation should pack their bags, a newspaper reported . . .
“If you are going to conduct yourself that way, we are going to prosecute you,” Perry said. “If you don’t want to be prosecuted for those activities, then maybe Texas is not the place you need to consider calling home.”
Willie Jessop, an FLDS elder who lives in Utah, said Perry’s remarks were shocking, particularly given a Texas Supreme Court ruling that forced this week’s return of 440 sect children on the grounds that child welfare officials provided scant evidence that the children were in danger.