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Former polygamist dedicates himself to opposing sect
By joshuah | July 1, 2008
From: jacksonholestartrib.com
The polygamist sect preached that Dan Fischer was a heretic who had turned his back on God’s chosen children.But for Enos Deloy Steed, who was banished at age 17 for kissing a girl, Fischer was like a guardian angel, the kindest man he had ever met.
Steed’s father disowned him and left him wandering southern Utah. Fischer gave him a place to live — and volunteered to put him through college.
“He gives us a fair shot in the world, a chance to have a life, because he can relate,” said Steed, now 22 and set to graduate in November. “It’s really great that someone is willing.”
It can take a long time to unlearn the tenets of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a Mormon splinter group that has been disavowed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FLDS forbids the color red, claims man never landed on the moon and allegedly has forced pubescent girls to marry old men.
But former FLDS members can count on loving support from Fischer, a onetime polygamist who invented a popular tooth whitening formula in his barn and now uses his fortune to fight the sect and help fellow outcasts.
“This society has become the Taliban of America,” Fischer said of the 10,000-member FLDS, which attracted national attention after Texas authorities raided a compound in April and seized more than 400 children after allegedly finding pregnant child brides.
Topics: FLDS, polygamous sects |