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Playing against prejudice: Teams from FLDS area face plenty of obstacles
Sunday, February 17th, 2008Via http://deseretnews.com
COLORADO CITY, Ariz. — The insults hurled at the kids were cruel.”Plyg kids!” they would shout. “Go home to your wives!”The players on the El Capitan School basketball teams just ignored it.”They’d try to pick fights at us and throw snowballs at us,” said 14-year-old David Hammon. “I don’t really mind, ’cause it makes [...]
Polygamists Practice Big Love In Arizona
Sunday, January 6th, 2008Welcome to Centennial Park — population 1200 — a tiny speck in the vast Arizona desert. A place where everyone considers themselves to be typical, All-American families in every way except one: the residents here practice polygamy.Ariel Hammon, 32, his wife Helen, 30, their seven children, Ariel’s second wife Lisa, 20, and their two children [...]