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It's the Law; Pay Attention
RECEIVED Tue., March 31, 2009
Dear Editor,
In their “one year later” stories about the raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch in El Dorado, The Salt Lake Tribune and the San Angelo Standard-Times both report that Texas Child Protective Services say if they were faced with what the Department of Family and Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins called “the exact fact situation” again, they would do exactly the same thing again – take away all the children [“More FLDS Woes for CPS,” News, Oct. 31, 2008].
But the Texas Supreme Court ruled that taking away all the children under these exact circumstances is illegal. Did CPS forget that small fact – or do they just plan to break the law on purpose next time?
In their “one year later” stories about the raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch in El Dorado, The Salt Lake Tribune and the San Angelo Standard-Times both report that Texas Child Protective Services say if they were faced with what the Department of Family and Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins called “the exact fact situation” again, they would do exactly the same thing again – take away all the children [“More FLDS Woes for CPS,” News, Oct. 31, 2008].
But the Texas Supreme Court ruled that taking away all the children under these exact circumstances is illegal. Did CPS forget that small fact – or do they just plan to break the law on purpose next time?
Richard Wexler
Executive director
National Coalition for Child Protection Reform
Alexandria, Va.
Executive director
National Coalition for Child Protection Reform
Alexandria, Va.