Divorce Court, The Panopoly of State-Assisted Kidnapping and a Troubled Generation . . .

The other day I was reading in a leading conservative periodical concerning the plight of many children 'abused by the system' in places such as Massachusetts.

Basically, what has been happening (according to this journal and common knowledge among Father's Rights advocacy groups) is that in many of the more far-left leaning states (Massachusetts, upstate New York, etc.) that supposed "Child Protective" agencies have become something out of a horror flick.

Children are being abducted by the state, turned over to "child protective" agencies and removed from many God-fearing homes, all on flimsy "hearsay" evidence.

Take the example of one family who brought their child in for a physician's check up, were told by the doctor that the child needed more calcium in his diet, but then due to a mix-up at the hospital (and a political dispute between two physicians!) Massachusetts Child Protective Services was called, the child was taken (on falsified information by one of the physicians) and had been left in state-custody.

Two parents with their child ripped from their home, all because of State bureaucracy that fouled up the story, but then due to the legal loophole, unable to get their child back!

This was a family that was a normal American family, from an upper class home, but then due to misinformation (low calcium misreported as "child abuse") the family was left with no recourse legally.

Sadly, this phenomenon (most prevalent in divorce/custody cases in which one spouse "flees" with the children--called "child flight" and something quite illegal in itself . . .) is a recurring news item now.

Granted, such stories are the exception, rather than the rule, BUT the fact that State bureaucracies are increasingly interfering in normal American family life is quite alarming.

This of course raises the question of "what is the role of the state" regarding family life? Should divorce be treated as a civil law issue at all? Additionally, now that some states are beginning to legalize "same-sex union" (sodomy, a former crime is now celebrated as "marriage" in direct contrast to Judeo-Christian teaching regarding sexual ethics . . .), should Jews and Christians even recognize state authority over the Family?

In some places, for example the ultra-liberal portion of South Africa, Greek Orthodox priests will not even perform "civil law" marriages any more. Granted in places like South Africa, or even Massachusetts, the good of liberalism also exists, for example, anti-discrimination laws to protect racial minorities. But, with the good of liberalism, has also come the evil side of liberalism in which Christianity itself is under severe attack.

What will happen to the next generation as this State-Assisted Kidnapping continues?

Should the State have this power according to the Constitution which is based in unalienable rights? Would not the right to raise one's family according to the tenets of one's religious convictions be an unalienable right protected by the First Amendment? For example, would the heretical christian off-shoot group the Jehovah's Witnesses be labelled as "child abusers" for refusing blood transfusions for their children when such a prohibition is intrinsically a part of their religious identity?

Although I am not a Jehovah's Witness, and to be frank I have STRONG opinions about how wrong their 'version' of christian belief may be, within the United States of America, should the state dictate to them how to raise their children in accordance with their religious beliefs?

Well, the Constitutional answer is that Congress (or a state agency!) should make NO law prohibiting the FREE EXERCISE of religion, and those acts that are not physically harmful to a child should not be outlawed or criminalized.

Blessings in Jesus,
Rob J King, Defender and Supporter of the Constitution