Idaho Republican backs faith-healer parents: ‘If I want to let my child be with God, why is that wro

[KamaAina]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/idaho-republican-backs-faith-healer-parents-if-i-want-to-let-my-child-be-with-god-why-is-that-wrong/

An Idaho Republican said a proposed ban on faith-healing could violate the religious rights of her constituents – many of whom eschew medical care for themselves and their families.

Legislation limiting a faith exemption for medical care in the state’s child neglect law was proposed after a string of preventable child deaths in Marsing among members of the Followers of Christ Church.

State Rep. John Gannon (D-Boise) wants to narrow the loophole to permit prosecution of parents who rely on faith-healing “whenever a child’s medical condition may cause death or permanent disability.”

But Perry insists Followers of Christ have a First Amendment right to deny medical care to their children on religious grounds, arguing that they are perhaps more comfortable confronting death, reported Al Jazeera America.

I can hardly wait until this one runs against Vito "She Swallows" Barbieri in a primary!

[blkmusclmachine]

1. ID is really going off the rails with religious extremism. ID: "15th Century, here we come!"

[whatthehey]

2. Presumably this lunacy, too, will "have nothing to do with religion"

or people advocating it will be those convenient "Christians" rather than genuine believers

[hatrack]

6. "Mr. Scotsman, Mr. Noah True Scotsman, please answer the white paging telephone."

[Fred Sanders]

3. Sometimes I wonder how religious extremism in America is reported elsewhere in the world.

[Shrike47]

4. I bet She's anti- legal abortion, too.

[catrose]

5. But if the mother wanted an abortion...

She wouldn't have the right to send her baby to God, would she?