“Polygamous sects that have spread throughout the United States and beyond are ‘a form of organized crime,’ largely unchecked by law enforcement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday. He is proposing a federal-state partnership aimed at policing such communities. ‘The lawless conduct of polygamous communities in the United States deserves national attention and federal action,’ Reid said before the Senate Judiciary Committee.” [editor’s note: Reid is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which knuckled under to the federal government on polygamy more than a century ago via a convenient “revelation from God” to its president. LDS stalwarts have been trying to cover up their own church’s pusillanimity by denouncing its braver offshoots ever since - TLK] (07/24/08)