Eurocentric Vs Polygamy Essay

There is a separation between church and state in order to allow people to not only practice, but celebrate their own religion freely. The US government is based off the values of the men that wrote it though. The Puritan and Eurocentric views reflect heavily on the constitution and the amendments. The documents that which we base our way of living off of were written by and for cist white males and them only. This makes anything that goes against their original laws hard to overcome. The laws are based on the idea of being as “pure” as possible, hence Puritan. The idea of polygamy was originally widely accepted throughout many religions, but was eventually weeded out by the same religions that accepted it. There are still some religions and …show more content…
That isn’t even a problem here when it comes to all the other things that are happening at Short Creek. Fraud, rape, control of everything from food to where you are allowed to go to not even being able to have marital sex. They have created a world in which the Elite control all and those who are lesser end up watching the elite eat lavish meals while their kids stave. They bring children into naked prayer circles where they are sexually assaulted, but they don’t know and different so they just go along with it. If your mother was to say “Hey, this is our way of worship and our lifestyle” and you didn’t know any better either, you would be in the same situation. These poor children will never know what real love is supposed to happen between two people which is why they share such intimacy. The Jeffs are using their legally unmarried wives as a source of income. They are taking away the means that the government has given to them and yet the government is the “Beast” here. They are forcing people to fight over stupid things like hairspray because it’s not available like it is outside this compound. And yes, this is a compound. These people can’t leave. These people are so brainwashed that they think it’s not okay for older men to be assigned 12 year olds to have sex with, but 16 is an acceptable age. How does that make any sense? They are still under aged and that’s rape. Over and over again the article talks about how these women are been violated and beaten down for speaking out about the terrors that happen at Short Creek. The people of this community don’t have daily necessities not because they are broke or don’t have jobs or what have you, no it’s because these awful people are taking everything away from them. There no back to school shopping for this kids or the security of being able to tell your partner something they will only