Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.

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Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to protect a dead child’s surviving siblings.

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i’ve seen kids be taken away for a lot less, i guess the parents were not on drugs and didn’t beat the children, so didn’t fit standard procedure
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  Idaho makes it tough to take kids away from “good Christians”

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