Principle Voices Calls on Senator Reid to Invite FLDS Members to Answer Allegations at the Senate Juridiary Committee Hearing

We call upon Senator Harry Reid to do the right thing, allow current FLDS members to testify at the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing scheduled for July 24 in Washington, D.C., in their own behalf, and on behalf of their community. This hearing is for the purpose of addressing: ”Crimes Associated with Polygamy: The Need for a Coordinated State and Federal Response.” Those invited to testify include ex-FLDS members, but no current members.

The FLDS should have the right to answer allegations leveled at them during this hearing. Senator Reid has shown extreme bias against polygamy, and we are concerned that decisions will be made based on misinformation, partial facts/truths, or false allegations. This hearing specifically targets the FLDS church and its members, but Reid has made it clear that his intent is to pursue investigations and prosecutions of other polygamous communities as well, without any acknowledgment that consenting adult, healthy polygamous families should be left unmolested.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has the right to know the whole truth, not just pieces of the truth offered to the committee by dissidents (please refer to the FLDS website for further information regarding this testimony); it also has a responsibility to open the way for the truth to be told.

Please contact your Senators and make your feelings known about this travesty of justice. If you are from Utah, you can call or email Senator Orrin Hatch at:

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT); Phone: (202) 224-5251
Email form:

http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact

There are 18 other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee:

Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]; Phone: Phone: (202) 224-4521

Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]; Phone: 202-224-2934

http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

Chairman
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT; Phone: (202) 224-4242
Email address without using a form: senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov

President
Sen. Arlen Specter [R-PA]; Phone: (202) 224-4254

http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

Sen. Joseph Biden [D-DE]; Phone: (202) 224-5042

http://biden.senate.gov/services/contact/

Sen. Samuel Brownback [R-KS]; Phone: (202) 224-6521

http://brownback.senate.gov/CMEmailMe.cfm

Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]; Phone: 202-224-4524

http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/

Sen. Thomas Coburn [R-OK]; Phone: 202-224-5754

http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCoburn.Home

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]; Phone: (202) 224-2152

http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm#contact

Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]; Phone: (202) 224-5323

http://feingold.senate.gov/contact_opinion.html

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]; Phone: (202) 224-3841

http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.EmailMe

Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]; Phone: (202) 224-5972

http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.EmailSenatorGraham

Sen. Charles Grassley [R-IA]; Phone: 202.224.3744

http://grassley.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home

Sen. Edward Kennedy [D-MA]; Phone: (202) 224-4543

http://kennedy.senate.gov/senator/contact.cfm

Sen. Herbert Kohl [D-WI]; Phone: (202) 224-5653

http://kohl.senate.gov/gen_contact.html

Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]; Phone: 202-224-6542

http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/contact/webform.cfm

Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R-AL); Phone: (202) 224-4124

http://sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ConstituentServices.ContactMe

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R; Phone: 202-224-2921

http://whitehouse.senate.gov/contact.cfm