Posted on 05/17/2002 3:36:51 AM PDT by L.N. Smithee
Friday, May 17, 2002
Stripper mom: I'm following the Bible
Mother says high-paying job gives her time to teach daughter values
The mother of a 5-year-old California girl facing expulsion from the Christian school she attends acknowledges her job as a stripper is not one to be proud of, but says her work allows her time to follow the Bible by being a "hands-on" parent.
As WorldNetDaily reported yesterday, the mother, Christina Silvas, was called into a conference at Capital Christian School in Sacramento after school officials became aware that she works as a part-time strip-tease dancer at a local club.
Rick Cole, senior pastor of Capital Christian Church, which sponsors the school, and other staff members met with Silvas to discuss their contention that her occupation is in violation of an agreement with and commitment to the school philosophy that parents must sign before the children are admitted as students. Her daughter would have to be removed, she was told, if Silvas did not quit her job.
The officials offered to cover the girl's last month's tuition of $400 if Silvas would change jobs. They also offered to support Silvas both financially and spiritually, and to help her find a different job that was in keeping with the school's values. Silvas declined the offer.
As a requirement for admission, parents of prospective students must sign a "commitment" to support the philosophy of the school. That philosophy, in part, reads: "Emphasis is placed on learning about God and the truths of God's Word in relationship to man and his world; recognizing that the way to God comes through personal faith in Jesus Christ; and Christian maturity comes by application of the truths of the Bible in all areas of life." In signing the document, parents agree to maintain a "partnership" with the school "regarding the standards and criteria of a Christian learning structure that involves the entire family."
According to reporter George Franco of KOVR-TV, Silvas has retained legal counsel and is considering filing a motion for an immediate injunction to have the child remain in school while the mother continues to work as a stripper.
Last night, Cole and Silvas discussed the matter with Bill O'Reilly, host of "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News Channel.
"We have appealed to her to change her occupation," Cole told O'Reilly, adding that "God would bless" such a decision.
While Silvas said she agrees with the school's philosophy, she sidestepped the question of whether she considered her occupation a "sinful lifestyle."
"I am just doing it for a season," Silvas reasoned, adding, "I'm not proud of what I'm doing."
Silvas argued that since her job takes her away for only three days a week – the days her daughter, Abby, is with her father – she is therefore available to be "the one to teach [Abby] the Bible at home," thus upholding her commitment to partner with the school in her daughter's education.
"The Bible calls on parents to be hands-on," Silvas told O'Reilly. She sees her situation as better than that of a single mother who puts her child in daycare for several hours a day.
When asked if it was fair that the school's actions were, in effect, punishing the daughter, Cole put the responsibility for the expulsion on the mother.
"My concern is, who is the cause of this consequence?" he asked. "The consequence of [Silvas'] choice is affecting her daughter adversely."
None of the participants in the televised segment talked about the possibility of litigation. Silvas did mention, however, that she hoped to find a new job soon and that people outside Capital Christian Church had offered to help her find work.
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I know you are too intelligent to really believe that.
zactly. anyone who cant see this is being phaisaical. (pharisees...violated the spirit of the law, kept the letter)
Right. Absolutely right. Who hears the message and is born again / taught the word is not our choice. But just as with the covenant, men see fit to take matters into their own hands and try to cut their own path. That is the road to destruction. When the pastor can't see it, it's really bad.
Intentionally enticing customers with her body in order to get money make it unfair to HER?
Please!
The way some people abuse that passage, you would think it said, "Go and sin SOME more!"
I lived with the Church rejection, and my two daughters had to deal with it also.
As much as I love the Christian church, sometimes I want to strangle the people involved. You have any concept of the harm that can be done to a child, in an effort to "help?"
I have a very strong belief in morality and the Christian faith. Over the years, I have worked very hard to teach those lessons to my daughters.
Took you long enough, but you finally got around to the crux of the matter, money, this so-called school operates in a free society as a business and should be required to provide service under the law as any other business, or don't charge.
Yes, the school should be forced to serve any parent who cough ups the bucks and is not a known criminal, that is the law, and if nanny’s like you don't like it then I suggest you move to a country where religious law is the norm.
BTW is there any country where religious law works, maybe we should consider disfiguring this woman so she would no longer be attractive, you know the way they do it in other apparent Godly nations.
I know your kind of Christianity, you are the type who brings others to Christ tied to the back of your pick-up truck.
L.N. Smithee: thanks for the video link.
Rodney King: I agree. FOX.
Where do you get that idea?
According to what I saw on network news (the satellite was out!) a kid reported that she came to school in short-shorts and 'accidentally' exposed herself to him while bending over. SHE brought up the subject taht the school was wanting her to wear underwear on school grounds, not the school official.
It seems that she's out for publicity at her daughter's expense.
What law?
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