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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts) Sat Apr 28, 2012, 11:29 AM Apr 2012

Should Andrea Yates be allowed to go to church once a week? [View all]

I heard a psychiatrist yesterday who said that, based on her dark history with religion, it might be risky. Another said that as long as she is taking medication for her psychosis this should be ok. I'm not sure if she's identified a church she wants to attend.

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Should Andrea Yates be allowed to go to church once a week? [View all] MoonRiver Apr 2012 OP

No, but they should let her be deprogrammed instead. yellerpup Apr 2012 #1

Yes, all of her delusions, leading to murder, were based on extreme religious views. MoonRiver Apr 2012 #2

Good points, all. yellerpup Apr 2012 #4

thankfully, it's cali Apr 2012 #6

Thankfully, yes. eom yellerpup Apr 2012 #20

only if her psychiatrist goes with her and halts it at the first suggestion... hlthe2b Apr 2012 #3

Agreed. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2012 #5

no JitterbugPerfume Apr 2012 #7

Also, I thought church services were offered in jail. MoonRiver Apr 2012 #9

I was wondering Meiko Apr 2012 #25

NO. Texasgal Apr 2012 #8

The woman was seriously mentally ill liberalhistorian Apr 2012 #43

I'm an atheist and I voted yes customerserviceguy Apr 2012 #10

She's not in prison. She's in the North Texas State Hospital. cali Apr 2012 #15

And the fundamental difference is? customerserviceguy Apr 2012 #17

She wants to attend church outside the institution. LisaL Apr 2012 #19

Ok, if that's the case, fuggetaboutit. n/t customerserviceguy Apr 2012 #21

Without more information, I'm unable to form an opinion on this. MineralMan Apr 2012 #11

Hell no!! LiberalFighter Apr 2012 #12

Sure, “hair of the dog” will fix her right up. frogmarch Apr 2012 #13

Which church? backscatter712 Apr 2012 #14

Exactly -- most Christian churches aren't Fundamentalist obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #34

Her now ex-husband should have been prosecuted along with her WolverineDG Apr 2012 #16

I so totally agree. liberalhistorian Apr 2012 #44

I would be OK with that as long as there are some conditions. She should be monitored and Arkansas Granny Apr 2012 #18

No. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #22

Andrea Yates isn't a murderer obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #35

I know about her case. It happened while I was in college. We studied it. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #40

If she earned that through her compliance libodem Apr 2012 #23

as long as all the others mentally ill killers are allowed to attend the weekly event of their Liberal_in_LA Apr 2012 #24

She should get life imprisonment in the deepest hole under the ground, no parole, no sunlight. Ever. Zalatix Apr 2012 #26

It wasn't bullshit. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #27

that's like saying her husband caused cancer. cali Apr 2012 #29

It is possible to make insane people worse by ignoring the problem... YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #30

He also kept impregnating her and not letting her take her meds obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #38

He should be in prison as well. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #41

"She was made insane by the patriarchal fundamentalism"? WTF?!!! Zalatix Apr 2012 #31

Wow, you really don't understand psychosis, do you? obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #37

I do understand the mentality behind finding the nearest MALE to turn into a scapegoat Zalatix Apr 2012 #46

Nope... YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #42

It would be difficult to find someone more clearly psychotic than Yates was cali Apr 2012 #28

You apparently only know the Nancy Grace version of her case obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #36

The REAL murderer is her husband? Ok that's too much crazy for me to deal with this morning. Zalatix Apr 2012 #47

So somewhere in Texas there's some fundamentalist church... mojitojoe Apr 2012 #32

I feel so sorry for Andrea Yates, and so much loathing for her ex husband obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #33

I would leave that up to her psychiatrist(s) etherealtruth Apr 2012 #39

In very humble opinion that's the wrong question SmileyRose Apr 2012 #45