YFZ ranch children returning to their parents
CNN reports that 440 children could be returning to their parents today. One 16-year-old girl, will not be going home.
Now this is a very sticky issue, but I find myself happy for all those mothers who pleaded to have their kids back. However, isn’t it odd that I’m not feeling happy for the dads? That’s probably because never did I see a father of one of these kids being interviewed on CNN asking to have his kid back.
I hope the states unnannounced psychologic and psychiatric evaluations benefit these kids.
What do readers think about the Texas court’s ruling?
The ruling was a correct one. The TX bureaucrats overreached by pulling all 400 kids away from their parents. The authorities just can’t take that kind of carte blanche action. They need some sort of probable cause for each and every removal, not just a general sense of probable cause for an entire class/group.
Re the dads – It was a very smart move for them to stay away from the cameras. “Mom” is a much more sympathic figure than “Dad”, and there were no mothers accused of marrying under-age boys. Having moms pleading to the camera built a positive image for public sympathy. Having a (perceived) dirty old man asking the young girls back, would not have had the same effect.
MisterC, did you see last night that the sect decided to make changes to its policy so that girls are not allowed to marry until the age of 18?
It seems to me like I had said in a previous post, this is an attack on polygamy. I’m not saying its an unwarranted attack, because you can’t defend abuse with religious beliefs, but if they are now changing their religious guidelines to fit federal laws, I really don’t see how we can take issue with them marrying 10 18-year-old girls.
I read that and it sounds crazy, but isn’t it true? If we do take issue, couldn’t only be understood as religious persecution?
I did see/hear that. They probably should haven’t allowed it in the first place, but then again there are “average” people who do give permission for their under-age children to marry – albeit not many.
Polygamy is, I believe, illegal in every state but what do you do when the “marriages” aren’t legally recognized and thus not a “marriage” but rather multi-cohabitation without a state sanctioned marriage?
Generally, I think polygamy is a negative thing. My opinion is that Polygamy shouldn’t be promoted/recognized by state marriage laws.
“Polygamy is, I believe, illegal in every state but what do you do when the “marriages”
CampersSunset, I believe MisterC was referring to females age 18 or older.
I don’t think we should be removing every child where statutory rape occurs, we should be removing every man that commits statutory rape. That’s like suggesting all children from churches whose priest/minister has been convicted of sexual abuse should be removed from that church. No, instead, we remove the one sick individual and give everyone else access to psychological and psychiatric treatment if needed or wanted.
I too, generally, wouldn’t agree with polygamy. However, I don’t think being a polygamist makes you a sex offender. Do I think there are sex offenders at the ranch, obviously, and the investigation is still being conducted to remove them all from society. But I’m compelled to remain optimistic about the rest of the men and women.
Points taken.