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	Polygamous Church to Forbid Marriages of Underage Girls USA Today June 2, 2008 http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/06/polygamous-chur.html Hours after children began returning to their parents, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints announced it would now allow girls to marry only if they can consent legally in the state where they live. Willie Jessop, an elder of the polygamist sect, said the church will not sanction marriages of underage girls and will counsel its adult members against such unions. But he said that marriages among church members have always been consensual and that the Mormon offshoot has been misunderstood. Earlier today a Texas judge signed an order allowing more than 450 children to leave foster care and return to their parents.
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