UNITED STATES
The Tennessean
Written by
Bob Smietana
The Tennessean
Jesus has a message for America, say leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Let Warren Jeffs go.
That claim is made in published copies of the polygamist sect leader’s jailhouse revelations, being sold by his followers for $1 to $10. Jeffs’ followers are promoting the message through tens of thousands of dollars of paid ads placed in national and regional newspapers, including two in The Tennessean. Students of charismatic leaders like Jeffs said it’s not unusual for them to claim God will rescue them after they get in trouble with the law.
The ads claim that Jesus is coming back soon to judge America for its sins, including abortion and persecuting Jeffs, who is serving a life sentence plus 20 years in a Texas prison for sexually assaulting two young girls.
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