This Texas case, that I've written about here and here, is becoming more disturbing. The following three paragraphs (emphasis added), from this Washington Post article, really highlights why I voiced prior concerns.
Now comes a legal fight with a twist. The state will argue that the sect's children are at risk at the compound, but not because every one of them has been physically or sexually abused.
Instead, they will say that the culture of the church, which encouraged girls to marry and bear children in their early teens, was a danger to any child immersed in it.
"There was a pervasive belief that children having children was what they were supposed to do," said Patrick Crimmins, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
If they succeed in this, I can see authorities saying children should be taken away from parents who live in projects or crime infested areas, not because of the actions of the parents, but because the parents live in an area which authorities deem has a dysfunctional subculture.
It's bad enough that if D.S. 2.0 does something that makes me tan those hind parts in public, someone who doesn't agree with spanking, can call the cops and start a process that can remove my son from my home. But this is taking things to another level.
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