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2009-08-11 Home Front: Culture Wars

Ohio girl says family wants to kill her for converting to Christianity

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Posted by ryuge 2009-08-11 03:35|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 It is a basic and well-known tenet of the parent's religion to execute apostates. That alone should stand as prima facie evidence in the girl's favor.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2009-08-11 04:50|| 2009-08-11 04:50|| Front Page Top

#2 This being Obambia, expect FBI to track her down and turn her over to her loving family.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-08-11 05:03|| 2009-08-11 05:03|| Front Page Top

#3 to try and bring
Good lord, did this 'writer' not pass fourth grade English?

Posted by Parabellum 2009-08-11 08:00|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/]">[http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/] 2009-08-11 08:00|| Front Page Top

#4 I can't think of a logical reason for the government to send her back, exceo that she is in the grips of those evil christians /snark. I hope for her sake they do not.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2009-08-11 08:32|| 2009-08-11 08:32|| Front Page Top

#5 When should we expect pictures of ninja suited agents with MP-5s breaking down the door to force the child back to her "loving" parents?

Janet Reno, call your office.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2009-08-11 09:06|| 2009-08-11 09:06|| Front Page Top

#6 I give it a 50/50 chance they screw it up. And if they do, they will say they had no idea, or that the law didn't allow any other option than to hand her over to her executioners. Oh well. Again. Next?

Posted by gorb 2009-08-11 11:25|| 2009-08-11 11:25|| Front Page Top

#7 If they send her back and she's murdered, everyone involved in sending her back should be charged with murder as well.

And isn't it funny - in a sick demented way, she's only 17, so she can have as many abortions as she wants without parental notice even crossing statelines and being told to lie about it if the father is also over 18, yet when she claims her parents are going to kill her, it's "Oh no, we just have to send her back to her parents."

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2009-08-11 11:33|| 2009-08-11 11:33|| Front Page Top

#8 #3 to try and bring
Good lord, did this 'writer' not pass fourth grade English?
Posted by: Parabellum 2009-08-11 08:00

Parabellum, this abuse of our language ranks with the phrase ... "he/she goes" ... in place of "he/she said" or ... "ya' know wad' I mean" ... to name just a few of many examples. My experience as a middle school/high school teacher was a daily grind of trying to correct bad English usage and writing with a mixed bag of success. Welcome to an increase in functionally illiterate Americans.

Posted by WolfDog 2009-08-11 11:48|| 2009-08-11 11:48|| Front Page Top

#9 On the plus side, all she has to do is run out the clock until she is 18. On the down side, it is likely that more Muslims than just her family are now out to get her.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-08-11 12:36|| 2009-08-11 12:36|| Front Page Top

#10 True, once she's 18, she's free. Now, I know nothing about this girl, but if she is a citizen, or has her proper papers, then I can think of a place she'll be pretty safe:p

The United States Marine Corps.

If she joins, I'll wager her fellow Marines would quite willing to ensure her safety against her family.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2009-08-11 12:41|| 2009-08-11 12:41|| Front Page Top

#11 In general, children below 18 have very limited legal rights. Maybe Florida is different. On the other hand, I'm not even sure she is an American citizen.

Posted by lord garth 2009-08-11 14:04|| 2009-08-11 14:04|| Front Page Top

#12 Even though she's 17, all she has to do is get in front of a juvenile court judge. He's going to defer to her wishes at some point; most juvie judges do for older teens.

Posted by Steve White 2009-08-11 15:55|| 2009-08-11 15:55|| Front Page Top

#13 She can also apply (in most states, anyway) to become an emancipated minor.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-11 15:57|| 2009-08-11 15:57|| Front Page Top

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