Virginia couple sued by Afghan refugees of crazy scheme to kidnap their baby

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a direct line between this kind of behaviour, overturning Roe, and trying to dismantle ICWA.

In each case you have white Evangelicals trying to increase the supply of "adoptable" infants in order to feed their dominionist fantasies.

While Handmaid's Tale is dystopian, it's things like this and people like this that make me believe we could fall into that kind of situation under the same circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is mind boggling to me that someone would think they're doing the right thing here by taking this baby away.

Evangelical Christians often have superiority complex. No matter how selfish or destructive their decisions, they think they’re doing “god’s work”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since the baby is a girl, I hope she gets to stay with the American couple. Her life will be crap otherwise.

Because being raised by right-wing, uber conservative, evangelical Christians, who went to Liberty for undergrad and for law school, who claim all muslims are terrorists and think all afghanis raise their daughters to be either 1) suicide bombers, 2) child soldiers or 3) sex slaves is better. Versus being raised by your cousin and his wife, in America, surrounded by your culture, language, family.

GTFOH with your bigotry.

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And can I just ask WTH JAG is doing accepting a Liberty law grad? JAG is insanely competitive and no place for religious zealots either.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in a heavy evangelical Christian area and always had neutral to feelings of slight disdain for the evangelical point of view. I now absolutely abhor it and don't really trust evangelicals.

I would never hire a person that went to Liberty, Baylor, etc. They are either weak-minded fools or sociopaths that think anything is justified because of their religion.

The sooner we have fewer and fewer Americans that identify as religious the better. We can coalesce around community and work together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a direct line between this kind of behaviour, overturning Roe, and trying to dismantle ICWA.

In each case you have white Evangelicals trying to increase the supply of "adoptable" infants in order to feed their dominionist fantasies.

While Handmaid's Tale is dystopian, it's things like this and people like this that make me believe we could fall into that kind of situation under the same circumstances.

Everything in the book The Handmaid's Tale was something that had already happened.

[Anonymous]

Disgusting, disgusting people. Evangelists should not be allowed to call themselves Christian. They are the devil.

[Anonymous]

I cannot believe the military allowed this. He should be dishonorably discharged for stealing this baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since the baby is a girl, I hope she gets to stay with the American couple. Her life will be crap otherwise.

You didn't read the article. This is a progressive Afghan family - the father ran a co-ed school. Do you know how rare that is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since the baby is a girl, I hope she gets to stay with the American couple. Her life will be crap otherwise.

You didn't read the article. This is a progressive Afghan family - the father ran a co-ed school. Do you know how rare that is?

It's not that rare. Hazaras are progressive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since the baby is a girl, I hope she gets to stay with the American couple. Her life will be crap otherwise.

You didn't read the article. This is a progressive Afghan family - the father ran a co-ed school. Do you know how rare that is?

It's not that rare. Hazaras are progressive.

Oh, so that makes it okay for someone to steal his baby? WTF is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

This is outrageous. Can someone summarize the current status? Can the state department get involved??

[Anonymous]

My neighbors are from Afghanistan and my kid plays with their daughters. They are incredibly nice people and not restrictive on their daughter at all. I'd trust immigrants over a Liberty U grad anyway.

This guy definitely should lose his law license. He lied to a court.

[Anonymous]

Afghan law requires the baby to remain in Afghanistan or only be placed with a Muslim Afghan relative or another family abroad?

Are we talking current Afghan (read: taliban) law?

Any reason why any country should abide by Taliban law?

This is tricky, right?

It’s not exactly the traditional islamaphobia, white savior privilege, right?

I’m all for orphans being raised by loving family members. I think ethnicity, culture and religion matter. But see the slippery slope? Should orphans only be placed with people who look like them?

Personally, I don’t think any civilized country should abide by the laws of the Taliban. YMMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Afghan law requires the baby to remain in Afghanistan or only be placed with a Muslim Afghan relative or another family abroad?

Are we talking current Afghan (read: taliban) law?

Any reason why any country should abide by Taliban law?

This is tricky, right?

It’s not exactly the traditional islamaphobia, white savior privilege, right?

I’m all for orphans being raised by loving family members. I think ethnicity, culture and religion matter. But see the slippery slope? Should orphans only be placed with people who look like them?

Personally, I don’t think any civilized country should abide by the laws of the Taliban. YMMV.

Did you even read the article? Geneva convention, Pre-Taliban 2021 law, DoD and DoS policies, to name a few. Please read before you post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The scary part to me is not just the Masts, but how easily they were able to manipulate the courts and the system in rural VA. The rule of law really hangs by a thread in places like that. So much of white Christian America has only every really paid lip service to the Constitution. It’s an old boys club and a theocracy.

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