'Ashamed of being a Texan'
Texas mental health workers who cared for FLDS women and children are decrying the conditions in child protective custody after the raid on the polygamous compound as callous and unhealthy.One of nine statements to their agency's board says:
Never in all my life have I been so ashamed of being a Texan and seeing what and how our government agencies treat people.Board chairman John Kight wants to pass the statements on to the Texas governor and lawmakers:
You have damaged these children for their lives. This is an agency that looks like it's gone out of control.So how is it that Texas Baptists are patting themselves on the back for their work with the same FLDS children? In an article that smacks of feel-good propaganda, Church Executive News reports:
Although Texas officials have taken some criticism for removing hundreds of children from a religious compound, the Baptist agency caring for them has earned praise from the most important people: the children themselves.
Baptist Child and Family Services executive vice president Nanci Gibbons recalled meeting a FLDS 6-year-old girl who remarked on the "BCFS" logo on Gibbons shirt :
"You’re nice," the girl said.
"Why, thank you," Gibbons replied, "but how do you know I’m nice?"
"Because your shirt says 'BCFS,'" the girl answered, "and you know what BCFS stands for, don’t you?"... It means, 'Best Care for Children.'
3 Comments:
As a Texan living in Utah, I'll tell you what I'm ashamed of: the Beehive State.
Utah allowed polygamy to go on too long (and still does), preferring to look the other way because just about every inbred Utard here is related to a polygamist. The practice of polygamy should have been stamped out in the 19th century. It's too bad the feds weren't more successful in rolling through "Deseret" and putting an end to it once and for all.
And don't you dare give the Baptists any grief for "feel-good propaganda." You're own pseudo-cult LDS Church is notorious for such drivel.
To Anonymous:
Instead of criticizing Utah perhaps it would be more worthwhile for you to do something rather than ranting about it on a blog. If it is so important to you, do something about it instead of sitting and staring at your computer all day. Along with that, perhaps you should proofread your comments before you post them for the world to read (i.e. your, not "you're").
And there's nothing like blatant generalizations such as your assumption that "just about every inbred Utard here is related to a polygamist." Simply because a person had an ancestor who was a polygamist, does not mean they still have ties to polygamy and the FLDS Church, nor does it mean that they agree with their beliefs.
Typical clumsy "christian" tyranny. Southern Baptists have been doing this to anyone different from them for hundreds of years.
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