In a fundamentalist Mormon town, modernization highlights a stark divide

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Short Creek, a community straddling the Arizona-Utah border, has undergone a transformation unimaginable to many of its residents since the arrest of its fundamentalist Mormon former leader Warren Jeffs.

 

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My family spends part of every summer in an Ohio community with 50% Amish and Mennonite population. Everybody gets along fine. Real well. They've worked for my family man times. All I see is mutual respect. It's not that hard.

So no more multiple pre-teen marriages?

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