Comments on: Parental rights amendment – Act II http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/04/parental-rights-amendment-act-ii/ Information clearinghouse for research and information about child religious freedom rights. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:15:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Richard_Collins http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/04/parental-rights-amendment-act-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Richard_Collins Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:22:16 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=438#comment-279 I had some cockpit problems with WordPress and somehow managed to post two versions of this post. I think I have it ironed out now. I regret and confusion my error might have caused I had some cockpit problems with WordPress and somehow managed to post two versions of this post. I think I have it ironed out now. I regret and confusion my error might have caused

]]> By: James Tracy http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/04/parental-rights-amendment-act-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-273 James Tracy Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:07:03 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=438#comment-273 That is a really interesting observation concerning the difference between adopting a child and naturally having one. That is a really interesting observation concerning the difference between adopting a child and naturally having one.

]]> By: Richard_Collins http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/04/parental-rights-amendment-act-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Richard_Collins Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:15:38 +0000 http://www.endhereditaryreligion.com/?p=438#comment-272 Ethicist Peg Tittle says it is time we license parents. <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/192826_focus03.html" target="_blank">http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/192826_focu...</a> As Roger McIntire notes, "We already license pilots, salesmen, scuba divers, plumbers, electricians, teachers, veterinarians, cab drivers, soil testers and television repairmen. ... Are our TV sets and toilets more important to us than our children?" Then again, wait a minute -- we have set a bar for parents: adoptive/foster parents. Those would-be parents have to prove their competence. Why do we cling to the irrational belief that biological parents are automatically competent -- in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary? We have, without justification, a double standard. Ethicist Peg Tittle says it is time we license parents.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/192826_focu…

As Roger McIntire notes, "We already license pilots, salesmen, scuba divers, plumbers, electricians, teachers, veterinarians, cab drivers, soil testers and television repairmen. … Are our TV sets and toilets more important to us than our children?"

Then again, wait a minute — we have set a bar for parents: adoptive/foster parents. Those would-be parents have to prove their competence. Why do we cling to the irrational belief that biological parents are automatically competent — in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary? We have, without justification, a double standard.

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