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lbd_nytetraynFrom Lord Galvatron at The Allspark:
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FRANKLIN, Ind. -- A couple convicted of reckless homicide for relying on prayer instead of medical care for their seriously ill newborn say they would do so again if a similar situation arose.
Dewayne and Maleta Schmidt's daughter, Rhianna, died from an infection typically treated with antibiotics less than two days after she was born at the couple's rural Indiana home.
The Schmidts, who were convicted in May, will be sentenced Aug. 12 on reckless homicide charges in Rhianna's August 2003 death. They both face two to eight years in prison.
The couple has two other children.
"I thought we lived in a country where I had freedom of religion," Maleta Schmidt said.
The church to which the Schmidts belong -- the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn in Morgantown, Ind. -- advocates prayer and faith healing over medical intervention but does not require members to shun medical care.
Makes me wonder how the other two got by for so long... or how much they've suffered.
I was really sort of hoping maybe something about the lackluster health care system in the States($$$ or no $$$ = care or no care, respectively) was the issue here, but it seems like that may not be the case.
LBD "Nytetrayn"
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FRANKLIN, Ind. -- A couple convicted of reckless homicide for relying on prayer instead of medical care for their seriously ill newborn say they would do so again if a similar situation arose.
Dewayne and Maleta Schmidt's daughter, Rhianna, died from an infection typically treated with antibiotics less than two days after she was born at the couple's rural Indiana home.
The Schmidts, who were convicted in May, will be sentenced Aug. 12 on reckless homicide charges in Rhianna's August 2003 death. They both face two to eight years in prison.
The couple has two other children.
"I thought we lived in a country where I had freedom of religion," Maleta Schmidt said.
The church to which the Schmidts belong -- the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn in Morgantown, Ind. -- advocates prayer and faith healing over medical intervention but does not require members to shun medical care.
Makes me wonder how the other two got by for so long... or how much they've suffered.
I was really sort of hoping maybe something about the lackluster health care system in the States($$$ or no $$$ = care or no care, respectively) was the issue here, but it seems like that may not be the case.
LBD "Nytetrayn"
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Date: 2005-07-31 10:54 pm (UTC)Originally the issue was that we had a bunch of states that wanted the state religion to be a specific form of christianity, and a lot of other states that wanted another kind. So they decided the federal government would have no part in making that decision.
It doesn't mean that all your religious practices are inherently protected by law. As I understand it, that's kind of a battle between whose rights matter more. If I joined a religion that demanded that I capture women off the streets and sacrifice them in the name of my god, I think it's pretty clear that it would be considered illegal. Simply.. anything understood by law to be infringing on another person's right to live is not gonna be protected. So..
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Date: 2005-08-01 12:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-01 02:13 am (UTC)Of course, if these people haven't heard this story before the message would probably fly completely over their heads. :P
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Date: 2005-08-01 02:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-01 01:33 pm (UTC)*Scoffs at the whole issue*
I don't even have a comment on this because anything I say would probably offend someone.
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Date: 2005-09-27 01:37 pm (UTC)