Posted on 10/13/2009 1:52:38 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
A Florida judge has ruled a teenager from Ohio must return after running away to Florida in fear that her parents would harm her for converting from Islam to Christianity.
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This is tunning. I’ve heard for liberal social workers and judges questioning parents’ abilities because they were strong Christians.
tunning = stunning
You have a freedom of religion once you are 18 I guess.
You can engage in same sex sodomy whenever you feel like it.
We are living in Bizarro world.
I guess that kids who are abused by mommy and daddy should just button their lips, eh judge?
Two questions. When does she turn 18? Why can’t she declare herself emancipated and refuse to go?
Back “home” to the custody of Children’s Services and a full-scale investigation by Ohio authorities.
An appeal should drag this out past her 18th birthday.
You cannot judge one man, based upon the actions of another man who happens to share the same faith. Just because one of them is an animal that walks on 2 legs; does not mean the other is going to do the same thing.
However, I would think that the parents of this girl will know that the eyes of the nation are on them. I doubt it will take much more than a threat to have the police in Florida come down like a ton of bricks on this man.
I wonder if she or her Christian sponsors in Florida can afford to appeal? If so, this could indeed be dragged out until she turns 18.
All very well to say that we should punish the father if he kills her, as he has threatened to do. That wouldn’t bring her back to life.
It’s not as if she’s a youngster. She only has a few months to go until she turns 18.
If the parents or other family members are determined to commit an honor murder, the eyes of the nation and the threat of arrest won’t mean a thing to them.
I’m not saying they are definitely planning on killing her, but if they are, and she is sent home, nothing will stop them.
Stunning? This is florida, the state that starved Teri Schiavo to death.
Don't put anything past florida.
So I hope the spineless college boy judge hack does time as an accessory...and meets his old acquaintences on the inside.
That’s not exactly what the judge said. The minor child has to return to Ohio, but will be placed in foster care. She will not be with her parents absent some court-appointed supervisor. I doubt that she’ll be in any real danger.
In fact it is highly unlikely that any harm will come to this girl due to the wide exposure her situation has been given. IMHO she has a pretty good life insurance policy going now. In one year she will be 18 and can move out if she wishes.
In fact it is highly unlikely that any harm will come to this girl due to the wide exposure her situation has been given. IMHO she has a pretty good life insurance policy going now. In one year she will be 18 and can move out if she wishes.
He did read the history; that's the point. People in that area need to storm that house, if something happens to that girl, and literally take the law into their own hands. It's come to vigilantism. Can you imagine the abject terror that this young woman has in her heart? God be with her.
You say that like it's a good thing??
Given the frequency that "honor killings" occur in Islamic culture, the fact that the girl says she is in fear of it happening to her should be given some weight. Particularly since she's almost 18 and almost an adult.
I say allow her to be be in foster care until 18.
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