ACLU has it right this time
The ACLU has posted its position regarding the Texas vs. FLDS situation on its website. It’s one of the best descriptions I’ve seen on the principles involved with the case.
Here’s the link: http://www.aclu.org/religion/gen/35123res20080502.html
The saddest thing about this case is that the children have been taken away from their parents without due process. The judge, for the sake of her own convenience, even violated Texas state law by passing judgment without individual hearings.
It was evident that the Judge presumed that every child was abused and that every adult was guilty of that abuse. Using that presumption, she exercised her power to take the children away from everything familiar to them. The children have been forced to go many miles from home to live with strangers who plan to force-feed them with ideas that their parents have wronged them by shielding them from the distractions of a God-less society.
Where is the public outcry?
It’s old, forgotten news now. Who cares what happens to these children?
It’s not a problem anyway. The key phrase, “child abuse”, has been uttered so everyone involved is automatically guilty. Not to worry… big brother is going to take care of everything. Besides, those people dress funny, too. So, even if they didn’t commit any crimes they must be guilty of something.
May 12, 2008 at 5:20 pm
There IS a huge public outcry. Some in the news, many in blogs. Tell us what do to – how the one person sitting a home watching the TV miles away from Texas can do anything. We write letters to the editor, we send $20 to the ACLU, send emails to the Governor of Texas… but does it REALLY do anything?????