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# Santa Monica Those crazy fundamentalists
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-those-crazy-fundamentalists-editor/
- Published: 2008-04-14T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:14:57.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

None dare call it what it is! Texas state troopers have rescued 400 children, mostly girls, from the compound of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints. Where are all the boys and what is so saintly about this religious sect?

Why is this end times cult popping out so many children when they believe an Apocalypse is right around the corner? Could it be this was more of a ranch of prostitution to satisfy the pent up sexual desires of male egos?

And what really boggles the mind is why Republicans, including John McCain, continue to pay homage and pander to fundamentalists who have infiltrated, hijacked and found a comfortable home in the GOP?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 14, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041408.pdf?ref=smdp.com)