There will always be those even in conservative circles, who think this kind of constitutional abomination is acceptable because we must protect the innocent children.
They will be singing a different tune when they are the accused and their parental rights are trampled all over because some nasty neighbor doesn’t like the way they are raising their children or just doesn’t like them period.
Yes I believe that truly abused children need to be protected. However, the foster care system is so overrun with children that don’t need to be there that CPS has to place children in questionable homes. What ends up happening then? The children that were never abused at home end up abused in the system. Children are many more time likely to be abused in the system than they are at home.
If you have a case of abuse, arrest the abuser, try them in a court of law and THEN take their children. This preemptive kidnapping of children is an outrage and ANYONE that thinks this is okay or even a necessary evil is not a conservative, IMHO.
Exactly.
This preemptive kidnapping of children is an outrage and ANYONE that thinks this is okay or even a necessary evil is not a conservative, IMHO.
While it is often tempting to cut corners for extraordinary situations, we must recall that many of those who espouse such hold our system of government in contempt.
They have long espoused one thing: control.
We have no culture if our children are homogenized by the state. If the parental influence on our children is minimized or eliminated, all we have then is a breeding farm for worker drones to be programmed as those who control the State see fit.
Every totalitarian society has sought to control the children first.