Posted on 10/30/2009 12:29:10 PM PDT by wolfcreek
A 1970s-era Texas law that allows parents to show “harmful material” to their children has come under fire after a prosecutor said he couldn’t file charges against a man accused of forcing his 8- and 9-year-old daughters to watch hardcore online pornography.
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What he did (if he did it) was wrong and screwed up, but we don’t need any more laws about what we can and can’t do with our children.
The problem is when big brother gets a foot in the door to define what is appropriate, it opens up a whole can of worms. While the core of the issue is pretty sick- (what parent in their right mind would do that?) the way big brother works, next week, someone will define classical art as pornographic.
There is only one reason I can imagine to get your kids watching hardcore porn and that is to desensitize them to sex.
get the idea?
It won’t be a minute before some of FR’s finest libertarians show up and state this is fine.
After all - we don’t need no nanny-state gubmint interfering in our lives, right?
Oops - I see (refer to post # 5) they’re already here.
Yes, I know that pedophiles use porn as a jumping-off point. Obviously this is a huge red flag, and as you can see the kids’ visits with Dad are now supervised. Family Services is dealing with it. It’s not like they are allowing him to get away with this scott-free, they just can’t put him in jail for it, and I think that’s as it should be.
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What can I say? The only difference is I don’t state it is fine, just discussing the ‘slippery slope’.
I’m a libertarian? Have we met?
Sure.
Prolly on one of the many “Surrender on the WOD” threads.
Unbelievable! Leave the law out of it. A grandfather or uncle will know what to do with this pervert.
I would think the sexual abuse laws would apply in this case.
The accusation came from the divorced wife, after she took the kids to a counselor. The kids could very well have been coached. The mother’s word is suspect at best, when you research the story and find out that the mother originally lost custody of the kids, which is basically unheard of in TX. She had to have lost custody for a reason and now, as stated by the mother, she is seeking publicity. I’m also not surprised that CPS is going after the dad full bore. TX CPS has a rampant history of crucifying the father even if he is proven innocent or is proven to be the better parent.
I think that's the issue. Assuming this happens as is being reported, the guy is a complete dirt bag who will probably end up molesting somebody's kid. I'm glad they're supervising him.
How dare a parent show his children porn. Only the school teachers are allowed to do that.
Well I guess if that’s the case then I can’t agree. He is either innocent of wrong doing because it is not against the law and therefore should require no supervision OR
what he did was wrong and the law is wrong for not punishing it and the law needs to change. I don’t think we can have it both ways.
I too am concerned about laws that affect parent and child relationships. Obviously I homeschool my 3. However, I would be MORE concerned about being supervised for something that wasn’t against the law than being punished for something that was against the law. \
It is a much slippier slope than knowing what the law and the consequences of breaking that law are.
Am I making myself clear? I have the flu and am not clear headed lol!
Ping to 17. I am concerned that (assuming the accusations are true) even though he did nothing wrong under the law that CPS still has the authority to do anything to him. I would rather see the law changed than to give authority to CPS to decide outside the law who needs supervised visits with their children.
I think I understand! I should point out that it’s CPS that is monitoring him, not the cops. I assume they would be involved with the family anyway, because of the custody case, so it’s a question of whether or not he’s a fit guardian, not whether or not he should go to jail.
If he did make them watch porn he could lose custody, but not be charged with a crime.
It’s sad that we have to look at every little thing and ask “How will this be used against me?”, but that’s the America we live in.
A parent who wants to prime his daughters for later action. grrrrrr
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