While The Gadfly tried to inject a bit of bawdy humor in to that last post on penis pastries, he is going to get all serious on your ass on this post - and for compelling reasons:
Republican legislators in Idaho struck down a proposed law aimed at preventing the deaths of children whose parents eschew medical treatment in favor of prayer.
Boise’s KBOI reported on announcement by state House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rich Wills (R), who said that House Speaker Scott Bedke (R) said there is no room on the legislative agenda to debate the bill. Bedke declined to comment, however, as to why the measure is being left off of the legislative slate.
Democratic state Rep. John Gannon proposed the measure after the deaths of several children whose parents attend Followers of Christ churches in the state. Officials estimate that some 144 children are buried in a Followers of Christ cemetery overlooking the Snake River.
Republicans like Rep. Christy Perry fought Gannon’s bill on the grounds that forcing Followers of Christ parents to take their sick and injured children to the doctor would infringe upon their religious liberty.
“This is about religious beliefs, the belief God is in charge of whether they live, and God is in charge of whether they die,” Perry said earlier this year. “This is about where they go for eternity.”http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/27/idaho-republicans-kill-bill-dsigned-to-protect-kids-from-faith-healing-deaths/
So basically, a bunch of right-wing, extremist religious yahoos are being protected by the Republican party in the event that a child of theirs becomes injured or seriously ill, and subsequently dies, because the family refused to seek medical treatment for the child -- on the grounds that it "infringes" upon their "religious liberty."
Christ (pun intended) - The Gadfly has seen injured and ill dogs and cats treated with better love and concern than these people treat their children. The article notes that their are "144 children" presently buried in this cult's cemetery. The Gadfly wonders how many of them would be living, vibrant human beings today if one of the "adults" in their group had performed just a very simple task - such as taking the child to see a doctor?
The Gadfly simply cannot comprehend how anyone with a sentient conscience can defend these whack-a-loons. We're talking dead children here dear readers - and children who likely suffered a great deal before succumbing to their illnesses and or injuries. And all because a bunch of lame-brained religious fanatics think prayer is a comparable substitute for professional medical care.
Well you know what? The Gadfly doesn't give a rat's prostate gland about these moron's "religious liberty." If children are dying, who could otherwise be saved, because these half-wits believe that rending and wailing at the alter of their chosen invisible cloud being is going to magically cure ailments and injuries, then there is something really, really, really wrong with our society if we stand by and just let it happen. And it goes without saying that it speaks immeasurable volumes about the twisted and perverted values system of those (The Gadfly is looking at you Idaho Republicans) who would sanction this bullshit.
If The Gadfly had his way, every one of those 144 deceased children's corpses would be exhumed, autopsied to determine cause of death, and if it turns out any or all of them died from causes which could have been mitigated if proper medical treatment had been sought - then time to start charging those parents with negligent homicide - every goddamn last one of them. This is not fucking Afghanistan and those children have just as much right and liberty to not have premature, preventable death infringe upon their existence just because they happened to have been born in to an ass backwards clan of pious psychopaths.
These are dangerous people and the majority of good people, Christian and non-Christian alike, need to stand up and tell these assholes that this practice needs to end now - once and forever.
----TFG
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