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Originally Posted by Karma  WOW! You really hit the nail on the head here for me. I have had such a difficult time processessing my feelings on this, because of the conflict between my heart and my personal feelings and what are legal civil rights etc. You really put it into words wonderfully and I thank you!  |
Well ... you're welcome.
I honestly find it really hard to talk about it too, in part because there IS that kind of conflict ("they were just
children!!!")... and I feel really strongly, personally, about our civil liberties --- but also in part because so many people have been unwilling to look at the "big picture" in terms of
legal precedent and civil rights, and HUMAN rights. And I think what it comes down to is that the Man didn't have the
legal right to take these children. No matter what we might feel or think or believe, I think it's important to consider that if we (America) want to start outlawing what the sect members do --- well, we need to make sure the ramifications
legally are ones we're willing to agree with in our own families and our own lives. I sure as hell don't want the government to have the right to come in to my apartment with no warrant and take my kids away because there " might " be abuse going on somewhere in the apartment complex. Or because I'm raising them in an Evangelical Christian environment. Or because I wear a head covering. Or
whatever. You know??
