Posted on 12/24/2009 7:13:30 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I’m get the same helpless, kicked-in-the-gut feeling I had with Terry (Schiavo) Schindler. Are we really letting this happen in our country? Do we even have a country anymore?
Any American citizen should have the right to choose their own religion and not be forced by the state or federal government to endure counseling on Islam when that is not their wish. Religion should be voluntary, not mandatory. Furthermore, this is a just another case of political correctness taken to extremes. We have seen what rampant political correctness has wrought like for example the murder of the four off duty police officers, the moving of the terror trials to New York instead of military tribunals, the shuttering of Gitmo, our president apologizing to everybody he meets for America and a litany of many other activities by our Congress and this president.
Muslims have mastered using the charge of discrimination or islamophobia to accomplish their agenda. Compare this to Islamic countries where non-Muslims have no rights.
I am praying for Rivqa! She represents so much for our country and for people of all faiths who came here to be free to worship as they see fit.
The last time I checked they do. But first they need to be an American citizen and second they need to not be underage.
Great article, only it’s a PERsecution as much as it is any kind of preosecution. What’s happening to her is an outrage and it’s alarming that this kind of thing can be happening here. Thank God for the people like Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer and these pastors who are standing up for her. If it weren’t for them, there would be no one.
If her parents were fundamentalist Christians, and she wanted to leave to become a pagan/Wiccan earth worshiper....
By Now:
She'd be free to live anywhere with anybody
The parents would be under a microscope from a dozen different “protection” agencies.
So. . .what happens when she turns 18, and is legally an adult ? Can’t she just walk away at that point ???
And then they wonder why there is a war against radical Muslim terrorists...
More proof that Islam is the Faith of Hate and the Cult of Insanity. Nothing but pure evil
As another FReeper already mentioned....if Rifka Bary had converted to Islam from Christianity.....and the Christian parents were not happy with it....the Christian parents would have been told to stuff it...probably be arrested for abuse.
Islam is evil....those who practice it are evil....those who sit and do nothing while Islamics terrorize one and all, are evil.
Yes, but she has to be alive to make it to 18 first. If she is turned over to her family before then there is a good chance that could happen, not necessarily by them but by local Muslim extremists who see her conversion as a terrible offense against Islam and know where they can find her.
The question is: will the government give her a head start?
Mind you, if I was a local pastor, I’d have a chain of unmarked vehicles ready to go: she walks out the door on her birthday and. . .disappears.
In some states, 17 is THE LEGAL AGE. If I were her I would move to one of those states, find a job and start making a living while also attending school and graduating and getting a degree.
re: Sure, we’re a free country, but has it been our tradition that minors have a right to choose what they want to believe in ?
Your point is well taken, but, though I am no legal expert by any means, the practice of some Muslim families to do bodily harm to their own family members who convert to Christianity is well established - not only in Muslim countries, but also this heinous practice has unfortunately occurred several times in the U. S.
Rifqa has expressed repeatedly her fear that she will be harmed or even killed. There is a well established basis to justify her fear.
Also, it’s one thing for the state to step in and “take” a child away from his/her parents - but, in this case, Rifqa has asked or even begged for protection.
She is not 5 or 8 or 12 years old. She is 17. Her character and accomplishments as a student are well documented. She is not some runaway, love sick child - no, she has demonstrated a pattern of responsible behavior. I think this must be taken into account by the authorities when determining whether or not her fears are justified.
I understand the parental issues as well, but when dealing with Islam, or any other religion - the pattern of behavior by practioners of that religion must be taken into account as to the validity of a perceived threat.
We’ve seen what muslim counseling looks like. Think Ft. Hood and the muslim counselor himself.
The right isn’t restricted to citizens. And, underage or not, if one chooses atheism, there are no such measures as those Rifqa faces.
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