Religious Exemptions From Child Abuse Statutes

[lennybound]

These excepts come from the following article: http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/AAP2/

Children sometimes die or become disabled when they fail to receive medical treatment because of the strongly held religious views of their parents... [T]he following are some specific cases that have come to recent attention:

(1) A 4-year old girl in Sacramento

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[roomof0nesown]

WOOOAH! LIVIN' ON A PRAYYYYER

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i'm so sorry.

[autodidacticphd]

this is a perfect argument in support of Daniel Dennett's idea that children should not be considered a member of a particular religion until they are old enough to make that choice for themselves. if actually encoded into the law, such a concept would leave the first amendment protections unfettered and yet still allow for the protection of the children of people who hold absurd beliefs without revoking their parental authority outright.

...just an idea.

[roomof0nesown]

this is a perfect argument in support of Daniel Dennett's idea that children should not be considered a member of a particular religion until they are old enough to make that choice for themselves.

those were my thoughts exactly. when i first heard Dennett suggest that, i was struck by how simple of an idea it is, yet how problematic it would be for the majority of Americans.