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Related: About this forumID Republican: No reason to require faith-healing parents to seek medical treatment for dying kids
Parents are allowed under state law to substitute prayer as a form of medical treatment and carves out a religious exemption to manslaughter, capital murder and negligent homicide charges if those prayers go unanswered and their child dies.
Critics of the law said some Idaho children are needlessly dying from treatable ailments such as diabetes, pneumonia and food poisoning-related dehydration, reported KOIN-TV.
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Children do die, said state Rep. Christy Perry (R-Nampa) last year. Im not trying to sound callous, but (reformers) want to act as if death is an anomaly. But its not its a way of life.
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I believe the law is pretty straightforward, said state Sen. Lee Heider, of Twin Falls. We would encourage them to seek medical care, but we dont force people to seek medical care and whether its because they cant afford it or, in this case, because of their heartfelt religious belief, we simply dont do that.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/idaho-republican-sees-no-reason-to-require-faith-healing-parents-to-seek-medical-treatment-for-dying-kids/
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Probably colonialism.
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)It's all about massive brain stupidity.
rug
(82,333 posts)skepticscott
(13,029 posts)in there somewhere. Or so some apologist posters here have claimed.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)whatthehey
(3,660 posts)While I understand 1A grants freedom of religion and some religions (well not really, some Christian sects though) insist on sky-daddy doctorin' only, the same amendment grants free speech and yet the law still restricts speech which causes an unacceptable risk of serious harm. You'd think dead kids with easily treatable conditions as COD would be serious enough harm, but then again as in so many things IOKIYAC.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)You can let your kids die from a treatable illness, no problem!
The privilege is so strong, there are some who will insist that religion is never to blame for anything.
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)When miracles, the power of prayer, and God making all things possible is taught as fact to millions of people from a young age, someone might actually take that shit seriously.
"Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up."
It's rediculous that anyone gets a religious exception for killing their own children. I don't think separation of church and state should extend to any kind of child abuse (particularly lethal child abuse). They should face charges and have remaining children removed from their home.
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Children do die, said state Rep. Christy Perry (R-Nampa) last year. Im not trying to sound callous, but (reformers) want to act as if death is an anomaly. But its not its a way of life."
A way of life? He talking about dead children. That's pretty fucking sick.