More US kooky religiousness - If our daughter dies Jaysus will resurrect her!

Started by The Larch, July 04, 2013, 06:58:36 AM

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Eddie Teach

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July 05, 2013, 11:45:10 AM
Quote from: Syt on July 05, 2013, 11:39:08 AM
Also: 6 months in prison? Parents who kill kids through negligence usually get a couple of years over here.

Ahh, same as parents who kill them with intent.  :hmm:
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Razgovory

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July 05, 2013, 12:34:22 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 05, 2013, 11:36:40 AM
Quote from: The Larch on July 05, 2013, 09:29:36 AM
Yes, of course, but I find worrying that 12 US states give legal protection to parents who withhold real medical care for their children in favour of "prayer healing".
:blink: No shit?  I didn't know that.  That's embarrassing (not that I didn't know it, but that those laws exist).

Medical care should only be withheld for secular reasons like not having enough money.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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Capetan Mihali

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July 06, 2013, 12:04:01 AM
Quote from: Syt on July 05, 2013, 11:39:08 AM
Also: 6 months in prison? Parents who kill kids through negligence usually get a couple of years over here. American law: too soft on criminals? :P
:yes:  Getting six months for what's tantamount to negligent homicide or even "depraved heart"/reckless homicide, I have to assume Someone was looking out for them during sentencing.  :pope:

And having a custodial sentence stayed on appeal from a criminal conviction: not too shabby either.  Don't know how many states permit that.
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CountDeMoney

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July 06, 2013, 12:48:51 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 05, 2013, 12:34:22 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 05, 2013, 11:36:40 AM
Quote from: The Larch on July 05, 2013, 09:29:36 AM
Yes, of course, but I find worrying that 12 US states give legal protection to parents who withhold real medical care for their children in favour of "prayer healing".
:blink: No shit?  I didn't know that.  That's embarrassing (not that I didn't know it, but that those laws exist).

Medical care should only be withheld for secular reasons like not having enough money.

:lol:

Sophie Scholl

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July 06, 2013, 01:35:29 AM
Quote from: Caliga on July 05, 2013, 11:36:40 AM
Quote from: The Larch on July 05, 2013, 09:29:36 AM
Yes, of course, but I find worrying that 12 US states give legal protection to parents who withhold real medical care for their children in favour of "prayer healing".
:blink: No shit?  I didn't know that.  That's embarrassing (not that I didn't know it, but that those laws exist).
As per the last lines in the article:
More than a dozen states have some form of legal protection for parents who use prayer healing.

In Pennsylvania, a couple has been charged with the death of their infant son from pneumonia after they refused medical care and relied only on prayer.

They were already serving 10 years of probation for the death of their two-year-old son in 2009.
I find all three sentences to be rather crazy.
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