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kiahzero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-13-06 11:24 PM
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Has anyone else heard of the case of Rachel Bevilacqua?
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I was screwing around on Wikipedia to kill time when I came across this.

Mrs. Bevilacqua is a member of the Church of the Sub-Genius, which is probably best described as a "satirical post-modern religion." Because of this, her child was taken from her. The transcript of the hearing can be found at: http://www.filelodge.com/files/room18/475826/02-03-06_FullHearingTranscript.PDF and updates regarding the case can be found at: http://www.modemac.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Reverend_Magdalen
The hearing centered, not on the quality of the home she and her new husband were providing for her child, but on her religious beliefs and activities.

Given that a significant number of people here apparently believe that teaching your child your religious beliefs constitutes abuse, I'm curious what people think about a case where a woman's child has been taken from her on the basis of her religion.
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