April 1, 2008

• All right, you have got to check this story out, I didn’t get a chance to write about it last week. I really wish I had the original link because it gave more detail and since then the story has changed a little bit.

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/daughter_s_death_prayer

  It seems these wonderful parents decided to leave the health of their 11 year old daughter in the hands of God. As it turned out, God was at spring break in Daytona Beach all week and therefore she died. See, they refused to bring her to the doctor or hospital because they believe the Bible, which says healing comes from God. Shit I can think of better ways than to leave it up to God. Why not flip a coin. At least then you will know right away if the kid is going to die or live. Or why not determine when you will take her by who gets voted off American Idol. That way, you know you will be guaranteed to devote time at least once a week to her condition. Ok, maybe twice a week I really don’t know how many times a week that stupid piece of shit show is on. Or, maybe you leave it up to the Democratic presidential race. If Obama wins the Wisconsin primary, she doesn’t go to the doctor, if Clinton wins, she does. That way, you can make a point about their health care plans in the process. Of course if they had gone that route, she would still be alive as the Wisconsin primary was weeks ago. Then again, she would still be dead because Obama won Wisconsin.

  And these Christians are probably the same people who are against gay adoption. Well, this story is positive proof that some radical Christian zealots are more dangerous than gays. They like to say that children need both parents and should not live in a household without a mom and a dad. Or in this case children should not live at all. They want to try to prevent gays from reproducing, yet they don’t have enough Goddamn sense to take their dying child to the doctor when sick. “Oh, don’t worry about a thing Jenny, God’s got our back. After all he is our Father and he won’t let anything bad happen. Now where is the repentance whip, I need to repent because my hand brushed against the fine, firm ass of Tom Johnson’s at church today.”

  I don’t mean to make light of a tragic situation. Ok, so I do mean to make light. But its only because I’m so very outraged at the whole injustice of the situation. In spite of it all, I actually don’t believe the other children should have been taken from them. After all, the government should not be intervening with the way people choose to raise their kids. I know it sounds crazy because obviously these parents are about as fit as Brittney Spears to raise a child. But, nobody, especially the government, can tell people what is the right way to raise their kids. And I do understand the argument that bad parenting can put the children’s life at risk and I do recognize that thinking. I also don’t disagree with it either. But, if a parent wants to home school their child in spite of the fact that the child would obviously be better off in a public school then so be it, that is the parent’s right. And in the cases of child abuse, I can understand the government stepping in. But, this was not a case of child abuse. And also, we have a  glorious thing in this country known as freedom of religion and if somebody’s religious beliefs precludes them from taking their sick child to the hospital, than you can not charge them with a crime. These used to be core Republican beliefs, which was against big government and kept the government out of our personal lives. Somehow though, it all went wrong and now the government sticks their nose anywhere they can stick it.

  I know the mere thought of me agreeing with some Republican beliefs is really weird. I feel all dirty. But, keep in mind that was old school Republican thinking. The Republicans lost their way years ago and are so far away from those beliefs that they can never be trusted again.

  • 11:17 pm
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