Thank Goodness
Court Says Texas Illegally Seized Sect’s Children
Sorry to say, and we might be wrong, but anytime CPS gets rebuked, Hallie and I rejoice.
Relatedly (also worthy of rebuke):
Far-Flung Placement of Children in Texas Raid Is Criticized
Since her eight children were taken in the raid at a polygamist compound last month, Ms. Jeffs has been transformed into more or less an itinerant traveler, trying to visit her children, who are 18 months old to 14 years old, according to a state case worker.
Ms. Jeffs has two children in foster care in Amarillo, up in the Panhandle; one in Gonzales in south-central Texas; two in San Antonio, in Central Texas; and three in Waco, halfway between Dallas and Austin, a lawyer for Ms. Jeffs said. The closest are about 150 miles from her home in Eldorado, and the farthest are more than nine hours apart by car.
Also related (and really worthy of rebuke):
FLDS mom, 18, says state wanted her baby
An 18-year-old who gave birth in state custody after she was incorrectly seized in a raid on a polygamist sect ranch says the state kept her in foster care in an effort to seize her baby.
She said foster care workers were in the delivery room with her. Shortly after his birth, the baby joined her in foster care.
4 comments:
Thank God someone with a conscience and a brain finally sees the injustice perpetrated upon these mothers and children.
I Sincerely hope a flurry of lawsuits by the FLDS church costs the state of Texas an exorbitant amount of money in compensation for their barbaric acts of wrongful discrimination.
I'm sure there are pregnant teenagers somewhere in my city. Maybe the state will send in their stormtroopers and seize these children too. I guess the reality is that its fine if a teenager gets pregnant, unless they are part of a community that is somehow different, and can be labeled and harassed as a group. Just my opinion but what the state did is no different than arresting all the black men in a black community on the rumor that a few may have committed a crime. I have nothing but contempt for the state of Texas and CPS, who at this point merely seek to validate themselves despite the evidence the initial complaint of abuse was faked. There were fabricated reports of child abuse before Waco too. Does any of this seem formulaic?
I have a friend out of state who is going through a nightmare with CPS and has torn apart her family. There is hope for a resolution (either partial or total) but she will live in fear forever. Like you, I smile a little, right or wrong, when CPS takes a punch.
Come on folks. This girl was 18 when she gave birth. She might have been 18 when she got pregnant with this baby but she has a one year old baby too. She had to have had him when she was 17 and gotten pregnant when she was 17 or maybe even 16. This is not OK. And to say that other underage girls get pregnant doesn't in any way justify institutionalized underage abuse. Two different things totally.
CPS makes mistakes. Law enforcement makes mistakes. That doesn't mean it's better to do nothing. As a society we have to try to do what is right even if our efforts will always be imperfect.
I would love to see the reactions from people like the ones who have posted here to a similar situation (girls reared to marry older, polygamous men) in a satan cult or a pagan cult or some other kind of group that was less appealing to mainstream christians. There would be no defending of the different then I'm sure.
Post a Comment