Christians denied right to adopt

[Luddly Neddite]

Christian couple who spank kids for ‘Biblical’ reasons denied right to adopt by Mass. Supreme Court
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a ruling on Monday barring a Christian couple from adopting more children because they argue that the Bible condones them spanking their biological children, the Worcester Telegram reported.


Melanie and Gregory Magazu have argued that they only spanked their children in the bathroom so that they would not be humiliated. They said that the Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) decision to reject their application in 2012 was “arbitrary and capricious” and infringed upon their religious rights, since they followed the proverb, “Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.”


A Worcester County Superior Court judge ruled last August that the couple’s use of corporal punishment would be harmful to prospective adoptees — many of whom are taken from abusive households — because it “could very well trigger the very trauma the placement was intended to mitigate.”


“They have to protect their kids — we get that,” Melanie Magazu said at the time. “But I think that not every family that’s spanking is an abusive family.”

Good for Mass for protecting kids from more abuse.

 

[Eaglewings]

This is why we have so many who need adopting .. The people have to jump through hoops to get a child and then go to China because it is easier.

 

[xotoxi]

Good call by the courts.

Adopting children is not a right.

 

[CremeBrulee]

They only spank the kids in the bathroom so as not to humiliate? Sounds like they aren't comprehending the issue at hand.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

They only spank the kids in the bathroom so as not to humiliate? Sounds like they aren't comprehending the issue at hand.

Yeah, I thought that was pretty weird.

Poor kids will grow up terminally constipated!

 

[skye]

They only spank the kids in the bathroom so as not to humiliate? Sounds like they aren't comprehending the issue at hand.

Yeah, I thought that was pretty weird.

Poor kids will grow up terminally constipated!