Luling, TX June 3, 2008: The mother of FLDS sect children held by the State of Texas is turned away early Tuesday morning at the Baptist Children's Youth Ranch outside this Gonzales County facility when she arrived to pick up her children released by court order last Friday. She and other parents were let in later to pick up their children by Gonzales County Deputy Bobby Hand. ©Bob Daemmrich/

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