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Dancing over the line: Rebecca Hagelin reveals the naked truth about stripper-mom
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Tuesday, May 21, 2002 | Rebecca Hagelin

Posted on 05/21/2002 12:07:48 AM PDT by JohnHuang2

She presses her nude body against the pole and slides down slowly and seductively to the loud, throbbing music. A middle-aged father slouches in his chair, his eyes filled with desire. Young men hoot and holler as her body arches and falls to the beat. An older man in the back allows his mind to succumb to fantasies of what it would be like to have her.

This is the stripper mom, and she just doesn't understand why she can't partner with a local Christian school.

Last week, the nation took notice as the mother of a kindergartner enrolled in Capital Christian School in Sacramento, Calif., complained to the press that her daughter had been expelled because of the mother's job. "How unfair," she cried. "How un-Christian."

Somehow, somewhere, there is a disconnect. Although the mother announced Monday that she would temporarily quit her stripper job so her daughter could remain in school for the remaining three weeks, she has made no commitment to stop stripping permanently. When explaining why she won't send her daughter back to the school next year, she said, "I want to find a school less concerned with image and more concerned with the welfare of children."

Unfortunately, it's not just the thought processes of the dancing-naked mother that have blown a fuse, but also those of political pundits, talk-show hosts and even a lot of Christians who were quick to criticize the school.

If the school administrators were concerned about PR, they certainly would not have taken the politically incorrect action of sticking to their principles. They took a lot of heat from folks that didn't think through the various issues of religious freedom, the rights of private institutions, parental responsibility and the Christian principle that families are the bedrock of society.

Let's focus, for a moment, on any one of the thousands of private schools that require uniforms. Imagine that a mother absolutely refuses to dress her child in the appropriate clothing, and sends her child to school, day-after-day, wearing whatever she chooses. Would there be a public judgment that the school is at fault if they no longer let the child attend?

Of course not. American society at large, and the parents who choose private schools in particular, understand that private schools get to set their own standards regarding uniforms.

Don't they also get to set their own standards regarding behavior? Shouldn't we be supportive of a Christian school that has the courage to say the behavior described above is immoral and unacceptable for partners of the school?

It's important not to confuse the mission of Capital Christian Church with that of its Christian school. It is quite clear the church is a place for the "saint" and "sinner" alike – it is an institution that opens its doors wide for all seeking truth or comfort. But as with most religious schools, the educational branch of the church is designed for the children of families who have already accepted and embraced the core religious beliefs.

In the stripper mom's mind, the government should order the Christian school and the 1,200 other families to change their standards to accommodate her personal immoral and behavioral choices.

Five-year-old girls look to their mommies with adoring, trusting eyes for guidance in how to live their lives. Why are so many Americans unwilling to flatly tell the mom that she – not the school – holds the responsibility for how her daughter is raised?

This mom doesn't believe she should be accountable to a contract she previously signed to partner with the school in support of its moral values. This mom is in denial that her decision to make easy, quick money playing on the lusts and desire of men who view women as nothing more than raw meat, will impact her daughter's life.

Although her case is extreme, we shouldn't be surprised by the mother's blindness.

How many parents have abdicated their responsibility of instilling moral values in their children? How many times have moms and dads decided that the school, or the church, or a grandmother, or the government must be required to take care of America's sons and daughters while the parents pursue the almighty dollar?

While we are all grateful for those institutions and individuals that step in and rescue children who are neglected by their own moms and dads, not every institution is structured to support such a calling. Some develop a mission to strengthen children through forming a partnership with parents. America and the Christian faith need both approaches.

Capital Christian School offered to waive tuition so the little girl could remain a student. They offered to walk "hand-in-hand" with the mother and help her leave a job that preys on the lusts of rabid men and requires mom to strip herself of both her clothes and her dignity. They offered to assist her in finding a new job and to support her efforts to build a better life.

But this mother refused. She chose to fulfill her desire to dance naked in front of men over the well-being of her own daughter. Let's hope her new decision to leave the strip-joint becomes a permanent one. Let's pray that she comes to realize that in offering mercy and demanding accountability, the school really did do what was best not just for the daughter, but for the mother too.


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Tuesday, May 21, 2002

Quote of the Day by Jorge

1 posted on 05/21/2002 12:07:48 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
Stripper-Mom Nets Bigger-Fish-to-Fry-O'Reilly
2 posted on 05/21/2002 12:34:32 AM PDT by let freedom sing
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To: JohnHuang2
While I fully support the schools right to do business with whomever they please, I do wonder if it is in the best interest of the kid. The mother may well be a lost cause, but is the kid?
3 posted on 05/21/2002 2:28:50 AM PDT by DB
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To: hobbes1
yeah, what Bec here says!
4 posted on 05/21/2002 2:56:31 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: DB
It's important not to confuse the mission of Capital Christian Church with that of its Christian school. It is quite clear the church is a place for the "saint" and "sinner" alike – it is an institution that opens its doors wide for all seeking truth or comfort. But as with most religious schools, the educational branch of the church is designed for the children of families who have already accepted and embraced the core religious beliefs.

this mother has not accepted the core beliefs of this school. short of removing the child from this mother's custody, what can the school do to counteract the daily influence of a mother, who lives a life at variance with what is taught there daily? the responsibility for inculcating this child with values is that of the MOTHER, not this school. The school is willing to do it, in PARTNERSHIP with the mother, but cannot do so in direct contradiction to what the mother is teaching at home, by her example. Were instilling values in her child this mother's primary goal, she would work in partnership with the school to accomplish that, not take up employment that makes a mockery of what is taught there.

5 posted on 05/21/2002 3:03:16 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy;one_particular_harbour
Get a grip. Forcing the Mother to give up gainful employment to prevent her daughters suspension reeks of the same stiff necked arrogance, that led the headmaster to strip the valedictoryu privlege for a haircut deemed ...Too Short.

Had they simply refused her back, next year, this would be a non issue.

6 posted on 05/21/2002 5:08:43 AM PDT by hobbes1
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To: DB
The mother chose her path and her child will have to live with the choice. Hopefully, one day, she will wake up.
7 posted on 05/21/2002 5:11:57 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: hobbes1
She doesn't have to give up gainful employment. She has to quit stripping if she wants her child to attend a Christian school. She can work at almost any job.
8 posted on 05/21/2002 5:13:06 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: xsmommy
While I agree with much of what you said, the mother did in fact sign her child up at a Christian school. It would seem she did want something different for her child other than the way she lives.
9 posted on 05/21/2002 5:15:50 AM PDT by DB
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To: xsmommy
this mother has not accepted the core beliefs of this school. short of removing the child from this mother's custody, what can the school do to counteract the daily influence of a mother, who lives a life at variance with what is taught there daily?

I thought she was a stripper, not a Criminal Defense Attorney...

11 posted on 05/21/2002 5:20:16 AM PDT by hobbes1
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To: DB
but how far is she willing to go to provide something different? not far enough to quit and find legitimate employment of which her child can be proud rather than ashamed? who has more of an influence over our children, our schools or ourselves, by example?
12 posted on 05/21/2002 5:20:42 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: one_particular_harbour
Yeah....Someone call me, when this guy treks off to China or the Sudan, for some missionary work....
13 posted on 05/21/2002 5:22:34 AM PDT by hobbes1
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To: AppyPappy
I side with the school being that they are a private organization and can accept and reject applicants as they see fit and remove those who they decide need to be removed.

But with less than a month left in the school year they should have let the girl finish the year and then informed the mother that her daughter would not be accepted back next year unless she changed employment.

That, in my opinion, is the best option that was both in the interest of the girl and provided ample time for the mother to seek new employment before the next school year started.

14 posted on 05/21/2002 5:22:39 AM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: AppyPappy
It would appear the mother did try to have her daughter go down a different path by signing her up to a Christian school in the first place. That was a positive step for the child. What could be better for the child than associating with other Christians (besides the obvious regarding the mother)?

I don't claim to know many of the facts of this story but on the surface of it, I would bend over backwards to try to keep the kid in a positive Christian environment in spite of the mother. It does sound like the school has made an effort on this front as well. I just feel bad for the kid…

15 posted on 05/21/2002 5:24:58 AM PDT by DB
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To: Phantom Lord
but what is actually happening, from what i understand, is that the mom is taking a hiatus from stripping to allow her child to finish out the school year and the school is gladly keeping her on. the MOTHER is the one that has the problem, believing she should be allowed to strip and have her kid go there.
16 posted on 05/21/2002 5:25:08 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: JohnHuang2
Where's this poor kid's father, for Pete's sake?
17 posted on 05/21/2002 5:25:15 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: Phantom Lord
But with less than a month left in the school year they should have let the girl finish the year and then informed the mother that her daughter would not be accepted back next year unless she changed employment.

Hmmmm.... A Solution with both dignity, and common sense....

18 posted on 05/21/2002 5:26:55 AM PDT by hobbes1
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To: mewzilla
there has been no mention made of a Mr. Strippymom.
19 posted on 05/21/2002 5:27:28 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: hobbes1
Forcing the Mother to give up gainful employment

SS. The school is not forcing her to do anything other than trying to get her to live up to the agreement she signed!

She knew her stripping would not be approved of.

She chose to do it "incognito".

She chose to put her childs education in jeopardy.

And her being a former sunday school teacher at the church that has the school, she knew her actions would conflict with this agreement!

20 posted on 05/21/2002 5:28:43 AM PDT by sausageseller
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