I have finally figured it out. In the Romer v. Evans decision, Justice Antonin Scalia alluded to the fact that Fundamentalist Mormons were being singled out for "disfavorable treatment". Why is that?
Fundamentalist Mormons are second-class citizens because they are automatically assumed to be felons, even though they are not really prosecuted. It's as if they have an ugly "P" stitched to their chests, so that normal, regular, ordinary folk can know that the polyg's are outcasts or unclean.
In the recent news frenzy over ecclesiastical leadership changes in the FLDS church, the private and public social service entities are rushing out of the woodwork to step in and rescue. Rescue whom? They are forming strategic collaborations, even with entities that have victimized Fundamentalist Mormons in the past.
There are reports that, in Nazi (Socialist) Germany and concentration camps, experiments were conducted on helpless minorities. There were acts of cruelty that would make Abu Ghraib look like a luxury spa. I don't doubt that the perpetrators were utterly convinced of the goodness and wisdom of their activities. They knew best. They were smarter than the camp detainees. They had lofty, long-term goals to which the subject victims were arguably oblivious and subordinate. The ends clearly justified the means (and the secret meetings and deliberations). Sometimes the goal is just to justify the controlling entity's continued existence (individual needs be damned).
That is the very quintessence of socialism. The goal of making everyone "equal" (of assuring social "justice" for all) is a lie - a "bait and switch". Think about it - in socialism, the government is utterly in charge of the distribution of resources. The guys in power dictate to the folks who are not in power. They decide what's best for you, and you had better not complain or you will disappear or be imprisoned or shot. I always wonder why so many people are enticed by that kind of tyranny. I guess the liberals privately believe they will get to be the ones in the driver's seat - telling you where to work and what to eat.
Some local universities face considerable controversy for their medical experiments conducted with laboratory animals. Some of the animals can experience frustration and resentment when their comfort and privacy are compromised. New efforts are underway to interfere and intervene in the lives of Fundamentalist Mormons. After all, the Mother Church and law enforcement entities all across the land have over-arching, imperative needs to investigate us, examine us, probe us, and intervene when the ulterior motives get strong enough. Then throw "equality" out the window.
I think that, once you can look upon peculiar, different people with a supercilious, condescending attitude; and you decide that, by virtue of their class disability they are like lab rats, you can really do whatever you want to them with impunity and a clear conscience.
