It has occurred to me that the thing that we should all be concerned about here is that the state of Texas has come very close, in fact dangerously close to criminalizing a belief. These people (FLDS) are being vilified in the press for what they believe, or at least what people think they believe, and not for any acts that have been charged or proven. CPS has justified taking the children based on what they (CPS) think the FLDS believe, not on anything they actually did, or can prove they did. CPS convinced Judge Walther to sign off on removing all the children based on abuses CPS thinks the FLDS might commit in the future, based on what they think they believe.
They have successfully made the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints a de facto illegal religion.
Think about that. Here in the United States of America, an illegal religion.
I just can't get my head around that.
I guess I'll have to reread the U.S. Constitution. I could swear I saw something in there about religion somewhere.
Actually it's not the first time it's happened in America. But who would have thought such a thing could happen here in this country in this century? Certainly not I.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
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