Polygamists Cause Questions Regarding Home School Laws
The Texas Home School Coalition has issued this press release: Polygamists Cause Questions Regarding Home School Laws. The Coalition also sent an email that links to this hard hitting commentary on the Dallas Morning News: Scott Henson: Where’s the evidence of abuse?
Henson writes:
. . . Excuse me, Judge? You issued a sweeping, house-to-house search warrant based on a highly questionable anonymous call that turned out to be phony. You refused to allow individual hearings for children, grouping them together like cattle.
. . . You’ve ruled the existence of five girls between 16 and 19 who were pregnant or had children was evidence of systematic abuse, even though in Texas 16-year-olds can marry with parental consent. You’ve ruled young toddlers are in “immediate” danger because of their parents’ beliefs or what might happen 15 years from now, not because anyone abuses them . . .
From the evidence presented publicly, I do not believe that the children have been sexually abused or physically harmed. Allegations of forcible rape turned out to be bogus, and only five girls 16 to 19 years old were found pregnant or with children – probably about the same ratio you’d find if you rounded up all the kids in my neighborhood . . .
The Texas Home School Coalition email also links to this report in FortBendnow.com: Appeals Court Rules Fort Bend Woman’s Suit Against Texas CPS Can Proceed
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