I’m a Presbyterian (PCA). It’s no secret, but hardly pertinent to a discussion of whether CPS is acting legally, or in a manner that should be acceptable in a free society.
There’s a reason some founders chose to write anonymously. People are way too quick to look into someone’s circumstances to find a way around addressing the arguments being made. As I don’t make ANY arguments which appeal to the authority of my church, the church I belong to is rarely of real importance.
If my arguments are logical, they are so whether I am Mormon, or Presbyterian, or Wiccan. If my arguments lack logic, they do so whether I am a member of the preferred religion or not.
On the other hand, I’m not hiding my religious affiliation, so I don’t mind answering.
My penchant for taking the “other side” of issues because I am trying to hone my understanding and really explore in depth sometimes causes people to identify me with groups that I frankly have little use for otherwise.
It’s not a common approach, I learned it in high school debate class.
Yes but you are taking the slippery slope argument which is not always effective because you cannot predict what will happen.
Most of the actions of this group were in plain sight. They confess to being polygamists. Stories of abuse were coming out when people left the sect. Someone had to do something. As it turns out, the state was right. There was polygamy and there was abuse.
I’m reading a book on polygamy and found out that polygamist children are taught to hide their identity. Many times, birth certificates are not written up. It will take the state a long time to undo what the cult has done to the kids.