Spoken Against
Letters Concerning the Twelve Tribes'
Treatment of Jews, Homosexuals, Blacks, and Women
These letters were written in response to an accusing letter sent to the management of a chain of health food stores that sells products made by the Twelve Tribes communities. The writer of that letter wanted to “inform” the store management that we are racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic bigots who oppress women, and that by selling our products they were endorsing our beliefs.
Letters Concerning the Twelve Tribes' Treatment of Jews, Homosexuals, Blacks, and Women
Homeschooling Controversy in Germany
Since 1994, the families in our community in Germany have been
struggling to assert their right to homeschool their own children.
But when we moved to the state of Bavaria in 2001, the struggle
intensified.
Imprisonment of Homeschooling Fathers in Bavaria
Children Taken to School by Force
New York Post Child Labor Scandal
A major newspaper published a number of sensational
charges, accusing us of building our life on the misery of our
children. Here is our response.
We Make No Apology
Cambridge Press Conference
Thomas Jefferson and the
Child-Labor Controversy
The Anti-Cult Agenda
The Boston Herald did a series of articles, fueled by
so-called anti-cult experts, depicting us as a bizarre and abusive
cult. As a result, rocks were thrown through the windows of our
home and the tires on our cars were slashed...
Under Attack 
What does Osama bin Laden have in common with today's "anti-cult
experts"… or even the fathers of the Protestant Reformation,
for that matter?
Response to the NEIRR Analysis
Several years ago the "New England Institute for Religious
Research" published a slanderous "analysis" of
our people. This was our response to them, which they declined
to publish.
Stephen Wootten Child Custody Case
After twelve and a half years in litigation, Stephen
Wootten, member of the Twelve Tribes Communities, has been completely
exonerated of all charges against him.
The 1984 Raid of Our Homes in Island Pond
Ninety Vermont State troopers in bulletproof vests and
fifty social workers, armed with virtually unlimited police power,
raided 19 homes in the pre-dawn hour demanding the names of the
children and the children themselves. 112 children were unlawfully
seized that morning because of the religious beliefs of their
parents.
The Children of the Island Pond Raid:
An Emerging Culture
A 75-minute Documentary
An Issue of Control: Conflict
between the Church in Island Pond and State Government
Presented at the "14th World Congress of Sociology"
in Montreal in July 1998, this paper describes how the anti-cult
movement influenced the Attorney General's office to go beyond
the law.
Judge Mahady's Decision in the 1984
Island Pond Raid
In 1984 Judge Mahady upheld his reputation as a jurist
who took very seriously the constitutional principles
that are the foundations of justice. In this ruling about
the actions of the State of Vermont on June 22nd 1984
he offers a remarkable order describing the 4000 year
legal history of search warrants, pointing out how far
the state of Vermont had strayed from it.
Edward and Michael Dawson Child Custody Case
My Son Michael
The story of how Michael Dawson was seized from his father, the
custodial parent, on the basis of wrong information from anti-cult
agencies. He was kept from his father for years. This story appeared
in Communities Magazine.
Dawson Not Guilty
Written by Sarah Gray in "The Advertiser", Kentville,
NS, Tuesday, November 18, 1997, Vol. 119, No. 47
Newspaper
articles
November 7-8, 1997. Investigations showed no danger to Michael.
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