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	Bed in Temple Not Used for Sex, Sect Expert Says CNN April 21, 2008 http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/18/polygamy.custody/?iref=mpstoryview SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) — It is not common for a polygamist sect to force girls as young as 13 into marriage, as the state alleges, according to the first defense witness to testify at a hearing Friday. Women arrive Friday at the courthouse wearing their traditional high-collared, pioneer-style dresses. Religious scholar John Walsh also addressed a particularly damning piece of evidence found when authorities raided the YFZ (Yearning For Zion) Ranch — at least one bed inside a temple that was allegedly used to consummate such marriages immediately after the ceremony. "Historically, the only use of a bed in a temple is for temple worship itself," said Walsh, who said he has studied the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — a Mormon offshoot that practices polygamy — for 18 years. "The worship lasts a couple of hours, so all the temples will have a place where someone can lie down."
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