Polygamy: Who Decides?

Finally, the girl in this case was only fourteen when she entered into this marriage, and if she is now speaking out against this marriage, despite her religious affiliations, it is our duty to listen to her as we would listen to any young woman who has endured a sexually unwelcome experience. Should we judge the polygamist lifestyle as a whole based on Jeffs case? No. I don’t believe we should. But we as women and as Americans need to open our ears to the possible implications of this case and to the protests of a woman who should have been granted the same right as any other child to freedom from sexual persecution.