As the Tribune put it, "The lawsuit alleges the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints essentially runs the twin towns, not the elected leaders, not the civil authorities and not all that subtly. If true, it means the separation of church and state – a constitutional bedrock of pluralistic America -- is nonexistent, replaced by an iron-fisted theocracy in which Jeffs' edicts are enforced above the law."
MORE: https://au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/american-theocracy-lawsuit-alleges-utah-and-ariz-towns-enforce-religious