A FAMILY'S TANGLED TIES

The ongoing attention is having an effect. Former members say Paul Kingston recently had to calm anxious members who feared that Mary Ann's suit will take away their businesses and savings. Elden Kingston says the crackdown on underage marriages has "changed a lot of individuals' feelings about young marriages." But they insist on living their own way. "We pay millions of dollars in taxes," Elden Kingston complains. "We want to live our life and let everybody else live their life." For the Order, the days of live and let live may be gone.

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