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In reply to the discussion: Call police about domestic violence and get evicted [View all]TheMadMonk
(6,187 posts)54. So the ofspring of such a woman should be deemed lost...
...and simply left to whatever fate befalls her?
Or at best deserve only the scrapheap of a perpetually underfunded foster care system.
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blame the victim of domestic violence on the person getting hit/punched/killed
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#34
what you're saying is if the perp gets in trouble, his victims need to be evicted
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#35
this is your position, quoted verbatim, it sounds like you don't want to take responsibility for it:
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#44
You're bending over backwards to defend someone who is calling for these people to be evicted
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#71
go where? she doesn't care, not one bit. well, she cares about the landlord and neighbors
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#69
Yeah, let's just make the children forced to witness said violence homeless.
strategery blunder
Apr 2013
#14
It's generally going to be the abuser who is breaking the terms of the lease...
strategery blunder
Apr 2013
#29
The first amendment has nothing to do with her renting a piece of private land.
NCTraveler
Apr 2013
#25
WTF? here's the 1st amendment issue...from the article that you did not read
noiretextatique
Apr 2013
#79
You've pretty much made the cops case for them by illustrating the decisions they face themselves
R B Garr
Apr 2013
#51
It is a very good idea. And one I believe many legislators would get behind in many states.
NCTraveler
Apr 2013
#62