Colorado City, Arizona

[shikatema151]

I'm from Colorado city my parents are polygamists just want people to know there is more than one side not all of us follow Warren Jeffs they are the psychos who marry children. what my parents do is an adult choice and completely voluntary not evil.

[raspberrylovers]

@shikatema151  Get out!!!!!

[bsl103158]

@shikatema151 It's still evil even if people are all adults. It's a blackeye on our nation. It teaches children born into it to not obey our federal and state laws.If people cannot respect our legal standards, which prohibit polygamy (every state does) then they should be prosecuted. Your parents and whomever else is in the "polygamy" in your home, are breaking US laws. It never has been, and never should become legal. It would hurt the status of American women badly.

[davidbenjeshua]

You wanna see something sad? Go downtown friday night in any big city, and watch the beautiful daughters of the unbelievers... sad. Beautiful and unmarried, beautiful and childless. Who is going to marry them after they slept with half the town? Who is gonna marry them when they are pot smokers, and lost hope?If they turned around from their ways, God is able to do for them what is impossible.Polygamy is not forbidden in the Bible, but the Book of Mormon is not true. Watch"The BOM vs the Bible".

[davidbenjeshua]

Nice song. The Bible does not forbid polygamy, and the proper age for "love" is, according to ezekiel 16, (and according to nature, too) when she develops physically (about one year after menarche). But the Bible also says to obey the laws of the land, so 16 with parental consent is a proper age. Marrying under 16 would be breaking the law of the land (Romans 13), and therefore not proper. It's sad, though, that the unbeliever's daughters are sleeping around at 13 and then nobody marries them.

[guayacan07]

If an adult wants to be a polygamist is fine with me, the only thing I don't like is that all the incest inbred kids, deformed and retarded had nothing to do with this and yet they are the most affected by it for life!!!

[NOSERPICOINUTAH]

FOR OVER 200 YEARS THE FLDS HAVE PRACTICED POLYGAMY AND MARRIAGE OF YOUNG WOMEN--.THEY HAD LEFT BABYLON ALONE, .AND UNTIL NOW, --BABYLON HAD LEFT THEM ALONE--THE ONLY CHANGE HAS BEEN THE FACT THAT THE FLDS HAVE PROSPERED, AND FREEMASON ARE DOING LAND GRAB AND THEFT OF MONEY--FATHER ABRAHAM PRACTICED POLYGAMY...AND HOW OLD WAS HAGAR? THIS RELIGIOUS PRACTICE GOES BACK TO THE START OF THE HOLY BIBLE--.IT IS ALSO PRACTICED BY NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS--RESEARCH MUSLIM AND MOHAMMAD

[bonesstorage]

No God here ...

[wiggabear3]

Colorado City is a horrible, evil, and disgusting city. The devil himself founded it.

[mistymonee]

GOOD SONG...Sad

[neighthinn]

sometimes monogamy seems over-rated, but polygamy would drive any good person to suicide. folk music is the best, and this song is folk.

[koyokoyo78]

These older men know exactly what theyre doing, and using religion as a crutch is appauling. Its one thing to be polygamous but its another thing to molest girls who have no choice but to take it.

[Misfitsix1]

Someday we'll all have perfect wings!

[twittytumbles]

i take back any mean comment i made.I am a christian and i am paralyzed.I actually love these mormons and i hope they live long healthy lives.I love them cause my god loves them.I am a peaceful person

[pugdogy]

the flds is nothing more than a community of pedophiles preying on innocent women, little girls and little boys, pitiful that the us government doesn't step in and put these law breakers in prison where they belong,,,and rescue these poor women and children. many stories come out of here about little girls and little boys being raped by grown men, and they walk free, makes me sick....

[MsChowD]

This is such a fucked up video.

[actionist2009]

This city needs to be destroyed

[MsChowD]

@actionist2009

No, It shouldn't be destroyed because what you see on the news isn't all there is to Colorado City. There is so much potential: kids have grown up and have seen the things around them, they would do anything to get away, but don't have a choice. So, there is motivation to be different. Things will eventually change, but wishing death upon the people who want to change it isn't going to fix a thing.

There are so many amazing people there, don't generalize, please.

[lostindiancamp]

The government needs to stop giving welfare to these women with all these children. If the men want that many wives and children, then they should pay for them. The government needs to insist that the fathers show up in the office whenever a welfare application is turned in.

[angnmini]

Tax cheats & welfare scammers, that would have no apprehensions about raping a 13 year old girl. I live in Utah and we want these people out of here.

[mbenson2790]

the city with the highest rates of retards

[lasvegasjh]

Well if this lifestyle was legal it wouldn't be so underground and people would be free and monitored to make sure there are no acts of child abuse.

Let's face it all religion is some form of abuse.

[actionist2009]

DESTROY COLORADO CITY

[lasvegasjh]

@actionist2009 why because these people don't conform to your beliefs? This isn't nazi germany and I sure you are the furtherst thing from Christ's teaching.

[actionist2009]

Umm lets see. Colorado City is a virtual dictatorship were children as young as 12 are forced into polygamist marriage, the "prophet" sexual abused boys, and in 2004 they expelled 100s of teenage boys to make room for the older males to have extra wifes. Its very abusive.

[actionist2009]

Not to mention the fact that they believe that black people are cursed by God. They are racist and tell there children that if they touch a black person, there blackness will rub off on them. and they believe that everything outside there CULT is evil.

[llandod77]

what, ur kidding, they marry off 14 year old girls to old men, who already has 8 wives. its just the same as the taliban but its in the usa. if the people dont do as their told, they get removed from their own families, how is that right, its worse than nazi germany

[MultiHannah1995]

I agree. Because these poor people are trapped, is not a motive to blitz them out of existence. However, something has to be done. The child abuse, the polygamy and the welfare fraud is horrible.

[Machinegunhalligan]

I agree with you that things are terrible there but you say "DESTROY". It sounds like you support a whole guns blazing Waco style incident. And we all know what happened at Waco...

[deci50]

The bigotry on this thread is incredible.

Many of you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Yeah, why don't we drop a bomb on this town and incinerate everyone in it...men, women, and children.

The ends justify the means right?

[AvaAvaBoBava]

Wow, who is singing this song?

[itroxmysoxoff]

I passed by here on my way to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. It looks really poor and industrial.

[electrosiam]

mormons xD

MormonUtah

[lonesomewally]

who wrote this amazing song?

[yungnome]

i just finished "Under the Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakaur, and it is now my goal in life to bring down the FLDS. 57 year old men who marry 12 year olds, who are most likely related to them, should be removed. God told me.....in a prophecy he sent me.

[robi2000]

They were clever to locate in Arizona and name it colorado city.

[awolLDSasap]

been there.

Everyone hides when you stop by. Children of the cornholio.

[kyoshirro1]

I have been to Colorado City,,, IT is sketch balls, there are big house with no windows, and bunch of Murderers and criminals live there with the Mormons, sKETCH the teenagers there will kill you if you go in the wrong place.

[lonesomewally]

who wrote this song?

[clbm562]

The fact that pictures are being taken of them is dispicable. These people are not animals in a zoo. They deserve their privacy. No wonder they don't want outsiders in. I don't blame them.

[IExposeMormonism]

I added this to my playlist of "Mormon Music with an Upbeat Swing....."

[fake1009]

As a non-mormon and non-white what would I expect if I go to Colorado City? I plan to walk around and enjoy the public area in the city as a tourist.

Will I really get kicked out?

Will I be "trespassing" on a public park or public sidewalk as the media claims?

Will I be served at local restaurants and groceries stores?

Will they sell me gas?

will I be in danger?

[deci50]

fake1009, Since you are nonwhite, they will rape you and then lynch you. The best advice is to stay away, they are terrible and despicable people.

[TGerulat]

Polygamists are not mormons.. I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (th mormon church). The polygamist church is called the FLDS.. Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints... Its totaly different.. Just letting you know. They aren't mormons.. There is a difference. If someone does marry more than one wife in our church will be excommunicated. I am just letting you know.

[lilsteller]

Fundamentalist Mormons do not hate. As much as the media trys to portray them as fundamental radicals. The reality is that the FLDS is very open to people hey know. The FLDS does not mixs with other races, or allow outside influences in, but that doesn't mean they would hate you.

It really doesn't matter wether you white or non-white. If your not part of the community no matter the race they will be suspicious of you.

TGerulat the fundamental Mormons are the only real Mormons.

[popstarwannabe94]

no. they wouldn't do that. unless you went up to them and asked them personal questions or insulted them... i go there every day.

[IExposeMormonism]

fake: hahaha. ...clmb: Taking pics here is no different than taking pics anywhere else in america. It looks weird because Mormon Polygamy is like a Kangaroo on roller skates.

[JoeDaPlumber]

I was there last winter with my girlfriend. We are both Los Angeles Latinos and we did not get mistreated at all. As for the restaurant part, all there is is Craigos

[deci50]

I was being sarcastic, appealing to the incredible religious bigotry being directed at this minority group. I like the song and feel sorry for the residents who are being vilified and discriminated against.

[danlb91]

Dudes, thats a fricking hilarious song! I was born and raised there, in Colorado City, i left just over a year ago. and o my hell, its funny how exagerated most the reports are! and deci50 dude, fuck you! the people are pretty cool, its the damn leaders that are fucked up, and need spit on and killed and all the fun stuff!

[deci50]

Yes it is a plyg town. Justlooking at this video, how can anyone not want to beat these people up and spit on them? Don't you just hate them? They are diehard scum!

[lilsteller]

Shut up. Let me guess you also want to spit on the Amish? Mennonites, too? Stop believeing everything you read or watch from a sensational media who likes to ruin peoples lives, and lead a witch hunt against any one not conforming to their liberal, suburb. city utopia.

[gothgirl7000]

isnt that a plygamy town???

[lostindiancamp]

Sick bastards. All the women are on welfare. Apparently the welfare dept. in Arizona doesn't bother to ask who the fathers are before doling out the welfare payments.

Crooked bastards in the government.

[AvaAvaBoBava]

More like crooked church leaders and thousands enslaved by them, born and raised in the cult; they don't even know they have a right to leave.

[knightwild]

Looks like the Mideval age lives.

[shakespir23]

this shit is so country move to nyc

[mirandasblog]

I really dig the song, it's awesome. I'm going to look it up later.

[kraftymomma1979]

It's sad that the young girls who are born into this largely grow up to be women who can't escape it. I believe in freedom of religion, but I think they go beyond freedom of religion in their practices.

[BabkinsGoat]

So what is the truth?

I always distrust the the media & political fountian of filth.

but there seems to be too many storys to believe they are attacked only becouse they are different.

[atfarley]

@BabkinsGoat

Read Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

[Oceansiders]

@atfarley Great book

[BabkinsGoat]

Surprized there isn't videos on the throw away boys.Sad they discard the boys so there will more girls for the old men.

You have to leave becouse you masturbate or watch movies?...Heartwarming

[kwhit1516]

It not cheating lol ok why dont get job stop liveing off the tax payers also i tellyou one thing if someone took my 15 year old daug married her off to old pervet i hurt them

[dramamusicdance]

I know this may have been asked before, but can anyone tell me who this song is by?

Thanks in advance

[SMKellogg]

The song is titled "Colorado City" and it is by a group called "The Sons-in Law Of The Daughters Of The Utah Pioneers." They are a satirical group. I found the song on I-tunes.

[dramamusicdance]

Great, thanks for telling me! I tried listening to the lyrics and typing them into google, but nothing came up. I guess they aren't that well known. Quite cheeky lyrics though :)

[desertsongtv]

@SMKellogg Ken Shaw

[olyincomefree]

Hello

[olyincomefree]

Thanks for the publicity. if you want the record you can get it through the website CDbaby. With love, the Sons-in-Laws of the Daughter of the Utah Pioneers.

[tclan51]

Great song guys. I just snagged the album off that site. Keep 'em coming!

[gmavris1]

lets see: you can have 100 girlfriends and 500 children and thats legal but its illegal to have married all of these people at the same time? what a joke.  leave these folks alone.

[funkboy5]

great song...waht is John McCain or John Kyl doing aout the situation?

[hudilicious]

"Colorado City sure loves its children"

LOL-so we here!

I also liked "Put 'em on a pedestle they couldn't get off" Yep, no matter how hard they tried.

[difantasia]

Great song...I only have to say one this...Child abuse is against the law, go to whatever church you want and have as many wives as you want but to have sex with child that is just wrong no matter who you are.

[IExposeMormonism]

@difantasia The one is a symptom of the other. Mormon Polygamy "nullifies all non Mormon marriages and contracts". It's more than marriage and polygamy. It's the simultaneous denial of your marriage. Why is that necessary? Polygamy itself is bad enough. But to cancel mine at the same time seems excessive. And there is "Blood Atonement". They're directly connected. I posted a Mormon book proving it. "Blood Atonement and the Origin of Polygamy". Yummmy

[imjoemama]

this is my homtown i grew up and it is one of the best places ever

[Littleguidofan]

so dat means you're part of flds and polygamy or former member. werent u creeped out when you lived ther? bs

[12345bobert67890]

You pple are making way too much of this. I feel like everyone is looking at me when I go into a store in ANY small town in america. Everybody knows everybody. By your own words "Their is nothing out there" they probly know that so for someone they dont know to be there just driving around can ony mean YOU are up to something and they get uneasy about that. Get out of the car without the camera and talk to someone they are really nice.

[emmarogo]

this song creeps me out.

[CIRCAscene]

I'm LDS

[SMKellogg]

As an LDS, what is your opinion of the FLDS?

[Takedownman]

As a mormon I am not opposed to polygamy, but to force a child or adult is wrong. If all are consenting adults then hey what ever. But the way the FLDS runs it is F'ed up. Both churches think the other one is in apastasy. But at least the LDS doesn't promote child molestation. Point Blank!

[TheRushingWind]

@CIRCAscene I hope you're alright. You can still leave. If you're harassed, call the police on 911 from any phone for free

[jezboe]

funny how media condemns these folks meanwhile general society has alot worse things goin on

[crashbeautiful]

Polygamists are disgusting. I'm ashamed to even think that they LIVE in Arizona.

[jezboe]

why are polygamists the exception? majority of society has several spouces in their lifetime and children with different mates, whats the dif

[ashkinenamset]

you are so right, I am with you.

[kinghenrythethird]

You would be surprised, my teacher was bitching about how horrible polygamy is, yet i was raised in polygamy and moved away from AZ and now im in advanced classes... my point is, dont talk shit about something you know nothing about, because there might be someone who knows everything about it right in front of you.

[awwcrap1]

inbreeds

[xgal2]

iam sure every case is different, but it is something off about this town.. and the polygamy in itself is strange, with all the secretiveness

[Takedownman]

With Polygamy being illegal well they have a reason, but once again I am thinking more so cause of child brides then any thing. If consenting adults then so be it if not then no!

[Skittleconsumer]

Like I've said before, Yor opinions don't reallly matter till you live here. nd it's not like they say on the news. They make up shit to get money off this town. It's rediculous. I know, I live here.

[ashkinenamset]

i believe the media is blowing it oud of proportion. If sombody say he live there can you give the person the benevids of the doubt. I thik the coverment abouse this sitiation to score points.

I also live polygamous live and the are talking a lot of nonsens aboud us.

[kinghenrythethird]

I agree, stories about my family have been on the news and they are sooo twisted from reality.

[mamasboyl]

Is it true that this town believes that people of colour(blacks)are inferior to them?And if not,where are all the coloured people in this town?

[chorizobroetli]

is the guy singing the song being serious or ironic?

[SMKellogg]

Not sure... but either way it is disturbing and creepy!

[steelfury455]

Brainwashing is a powerful thing. Who needs fences or bars to keep them in when it's in your mind. Feel sorry for these folks.

[SMKellogg]

I surely do. The women I saw there during my visit broke my heart. Their eyes were vacant, yet filled with so much sorrow. Brainwashing is a scary thing.

[colarussochris321]

this song is so gross. polygamy, rape and incest is not loving women. such beautiful scenery there though, too bad its a weird town! i would love to go if it wasnt like that.

[chorizobroetli]

yeah u'r right, it's so twisted!

[tattoodtruckr]

The Colorado City/Hildale, Utah area has the world's highest incidence of fumarase deficiency, an extremely rare genetic condition which causes severe mental retardation. Geneticists attribute this to the prevalence of cousin marriage between descendants of two of the town's founders, Joseph Smith Jessop and John Y. Barlow; at least half the double community's roughly 8,000 inhabitants are descended from one or both.

[shakenjason]

I have family in a town near colorado city. I was curious and took a short drive out there. I didnt like being followed. i had the weirdest feeling being there.

[blueeyesights]

this story about colorado city, arizona...which is a polygamist city. they say tat it luvs their women, but it hardly gives them freedom. if they leave tat world 4 a better, freer life, than they r shunned by every1 they know. ... so isn't it bad tat ppl have 2 put up with tat??? o well...i guess if tat is wat they believe in, then let them believe. but shouldn't they have a chance for something else? i wish they could b free...

[SMKellogg]

I agree with you. Many practicing FLDS say that the women "choose" to stay and live that lifestyle. However, brainwashing is not a choice women make. Sadly, the brainwashing begins the day they are born. Hopefully the courageous few that have escaped will inspire others to do the same.

[lapine403]

What is that song, and who is singing it? Sounds like Bob Dylan...

[SMKellogg]

The song is titled "Colorado City" and it is by a folk group called "The Sons-in Law Of The Daughters Of The Utah Pioneers." I found the song on I-tunes.

[Skittleconsumer]

LOL! I live there >.> no i ain't plygamist!

[calikids95023]

Holy crap I went there today and just got back and it felt eerie there. I honestly have never felt that uncomfortable. If you go into that town you'll feel like you're in M. Night Shamlayns, "The Village"...You'll even forget you're in the USA. I was followed by three different people and it didn't take long to get attention by the local Marshal either. I am definitely going back with a friend though....LOL

[sthatting]

2:04 and 2:07 and the girl with the red hair. How did you get her picture?

[SMKellogg]

We took that picture from our car. That particular group of children seemed to be very curious about the "outsiders." They stopped and stared as we drove down the street. Do you know that girl?

[flameboy63]

it would be funny to walk around colorado city with a mask on, lol

[sedanman15]

@flameboy63 L true that

[daffyduck0611]

Its not a matter of how friendly they are towards us. Women in this community have no rights as human beings whatsoever except to please their husbands every want and need. I don't care how "nice" they are to you or me...look at how "nice" they are to each other.

[HawkeyeLoving1]

you know, the people are not as bad as you guys think. they are actually getting way more friendly now that warren jeffs is gone.

[mel8986]

I can't believe they let you take the pictures...I had heard that they do not take too kindly to strangers coming in and snapping photos. I wonder who is in charge now that good ol Warren is in the pokie

[SMKellogg]

We actually took the pictures secretly from a moving car... After taking photos we went into their grocery store to buy some water. EVERYONE in there stopped what they were doing and stared at us. Several people in line with a lot of items told us to go ahead of them. I think they did that to get us out of there faster, not out of kindness. We could feel that we were not welcome!

[wewe2121122212346457]

we just went there last night. it was nuts!! we went to the same store and they rushed us out. we went to a gas station to get a pack of cigarettes and they didnt sell them. but the guy told us that we ought to try another station. one OUT of the town.

[yanykitty]

I can't believe this towin is in the us too. I can't imagine myself living in such isolation/old fashioned way

[BWilliamsAA7237]

the song is awesome. photos were so-so

[SMKellogg]

Loved the photos. Can't believe this town is in the U.S.