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Old 02-04-2010
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Re: Idaho church group accused of kidnap could be sent home for trial

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No, taking kids without legal authority to do so makes her a kidnapper.
Somewhat irrelevant considering that these kids would be dead if they had waited for legal authority.
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This might be one of the most stupid conclusions I've ever seen someone come to. You seriously think she went all the way to Haiti to avoid her court date? Oh, and then decide to sell kids into slavery, while she was skipping out on her court date. Complete and utter stupidity.
What conclusion?

The facts are:

1. She has court dates in the United States.
2. She is now in Haiti.
3. She has demonstrated willingness to break the law by actually breaking laws.
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What conclusion?

The facts are:

1. She has court dates in the United States.
2. She is now in Haiti.
3. She has demonstrated willingness to break the law by actually breaking laws.
Ah, but that isn't what you were saying. You were trying to say that her motivation to go to Hait was to skip out on here court date and that is just stupid.
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Ah, but that isn't what you were saying. You were trying to say that her motivation to go to Hait was to skip out on here court date and that is just stupid.
Where did I say her motivation to go to Haiti was to skip out on her court date?
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Re: Idaho church group accused of kidnap could be sent home for trial

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Where did I say her motivation to go to Haiti was to skip out on her court date?
I already quoted it for you, but here it is again.

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You may notice that she is also scheduled for a court date in the United States which she is likely to miss. Could the trip to Haiti have been to skip out on her court date in the United States?
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I already quoted it for you, but here it is again.
There is a question mark at the end which means it is a question, not a statement.
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There is a question mark at the end which means it is a question, not a statement.
Blow smoke all you want, I'm a big boy and games don't fool me. You were trying to imply that was her motivation.
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Those wicked Baptists are at it again! Now they are trafficing in children~!


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At least 10 of the 33 Haitian children a group of American Baptists tried to take across the border into the Dominican Republic have parents, says the group taking care of them while the Haitian government investigates an alleged case of child trafficking.

Ten Americans are in custody and set to appear in Port-au-Prince court this morning, accused by the Haitian government of trying to take the children out of the country without proper documentation.

Aid groups have warned against hasty adoptions or transfers of vulnerable children in the wake of the earthquake that devastated Haiti's infrastructure.

The church organizing the transfer of the children says the group had only the best of intentions, that it wanted to put the children in a Dominican Republic orphanage and that it was sure all the children were parentless.

On Friday evening, a truck was stopped at the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It was carrying 33 Haitian children, some as young as two months old.

The Baptist group said the children were going to a newly established orphanage – New Life Children's Refuge – in the Dominican Republic, where eventually 100 Haitian children were to be housed.

The Haitian government says the group had no approval and no documentation that would allow them to take the children out of the country.

“They tried to leave with the children without the proper documents and without following the formal procedures,” said public security secretary Amarick Louis.

“… Specialized units, and territorial units, have been instructed to take all appropriate measures against people who don't respect the rules.”

Drew Ham, a pastor with the Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho, said there has been a gross misunderstanding. The group was trying to help, he said, and thought they were acting by the book.

“They had contacted the Dominican government, they had the paperwork they were told they needed to have, they went to Haiti and were in contact with an orphanage there,” he said. “From all our accounts, this is simply a paperwork issue. And the next thing our folks know, they're being arrested.”

In the wake of the earthquake that shattered Haiti and left tens of thousands of people dead, both governments and private organizations have scrambled to provide for the children made particularly vulnerable by the damage.

Canada, for its part, expedited processing procedures for the 217 Haitian orphans whose adoption had already been approved by the Haitian government. Another group arrived in Canada this past weekend.

But Haiti declared last week that no new adoptions could take place without the Prime Minister's express permission. “The government has given very clear instructions for everything concerning adoptions of children,” Mr. Louis said. “Everything must be done in a formal manner, following the norms that have been established.”

Mr. Louis said because the alleged offence took place on Haitian soil, any trials will be held in Haiti and the state is prepared to pursue the case.

The 10 Americans were being held Sunday in a makeshift jail in the judicial police headquarters, which has also doubled as headquarters for Haiti's hobbled government. Personnel outside the jail said the Americans are expected to appear in a court in Delmas, a nearby Port-au-Prince district, this morning.

Government ministers wouldn't say where the children were being kept. But members of SOS Children's Village, an arm of the international orphans' agency in Santo, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, said Sunday the children had been taken there late Saturday afternoon, hungry and dehydrated.

“Today they are much better but still some of them are very, very sad because … they're waiting to be reunited with their parents,” said George Willeit, a member of SOS Children's emergency team.

Mr. Willeit said at least 10 of the children have parents.

Pastor Ham said all the children had been verified as orphans and had come from an established Port-au-Prince orphanage, though he couldn't provide its name. He said the detained Americans have had their phones confiscated and he hasn't heard from them.

UNICEF spokesman Kent Page said disaster zones are terrible environments for adoptions. The chaos following an event like last month's earthquake creates innumerable “unaccompanied children,” and it's almost impossible to ascertain who has living relatives and who does not, he said.

UNICEF is in the process of registering all the unaccompanied children it has found in the aftermath of the quake, a process that could take months.
Baptist group accused of child-trafficking in Haiti - The Globe and Mail
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Re: Idaho church group accused of kidnap could be sent home for trial

well, if everything we are hearing is accurate, this gal simply sounds like she has a need to help those who are in a terrible bad way. So much so that she neglects her own responsibilities as she perceives them comparatively unimportant and not life threatening. In fact she likely buries herself in giving charity as a means to escape what she believes to be unimportant, her own welfare.

I would like to see a news piece on the orphanage she built.
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Re: Idaho church group accused of kidnap could be sent home for trial

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Do you have a point?
How about the fact that she has a history of illegal activity?
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No one is saying they should "get a pass" because they are Christians. They are saying that they shouldn't be hammered because they were trying to help out those who are less fortunate.

Of course, your rabid, bigoted, hatred of Christians will blind you to anything resembling reality.
I’ll just respond to this one inane post slandering me and my religious beliefs.

I don’t hate Christians. I do hate people who use a professed belief system to break laws for their own purposes, especially when their actions are the antithesis of what they profess to believe in. I don’t care if the hypocrites are Christian, Muslim, Druids or atheists. If they profess in a belief system then they should follow that belief system for its own sake and not for personal gain or glory.

I may target Christians more than the other religions simply because they do form the majority of the population and therefore the majority of the offenders. They are an easy target.

I have a lot of respect for people who profess in a belief system and actually follow it, especially when following that belief system is not in their best temporal interests. I have nothing but contempt for people who violate their professed beliefs for their own short term gains or to exercise domination over others. However people who profess in a belief system and do actually follow it are in my experience a small minority of those professing to be believers.

In this case the kidnapper is now is hiding behind the cloak of Christianity to get a pass on her illegal actions. She violated the principles and practices of Christianity and wants to get away with it because she is Christian. A true Christian who wanted to do good despite the laws would then accept the punishment in the belief that the trials and tribulations she experienced her on earth would be rewarded in Heaven.

She lied about her authorization to take the kids. She said that she only had orphans but now it is coming out that she knew that the kids were given up by their parents. Doesn’t her holy book say something about false witness? IS that not the same as lying or can she ignore the parts of the book that are inconvenient at the moment because she truly believes? Of course if she truly believed then she would also believe that she did not have to lie in the first place.

She broke local laws. Does not the Bible say something about obeying the law of the civil authorities?

If she was a true believer then she would welcome her upcoming period of incarceration as an opportunity to show the sacrifices that she is willing to make for her faith rather than wining about being just a good Christian who deserves a pass on the kidnapping attempt.
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Re: Idaho church group accused of kidnap could be sent home for trial

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This might be one of the most stupid conclusions I've ever seen someone come to. You seriously think she went all the way to Haiti to avoid her court date? Oh, and then decide to sell kids into slavery, while she was skipping out on her court date. Complete and utter stupidity.
Oh for jesus fucks sake, haven't you people even noticed slightly what she's accused of in the US?

It's the old Secret Shopper Con, and that's what this woman obviously is, a professional con artist.

And yes, she fled the US to Haiti and either decided or meant to use the EQ to facilitate this con while she was there or took advantage of it once it happened. That's what con artists DO. It's their BUSINESS to often cover one scheme with another.

I'll lay you MONEY this woman has either Irish Traveler or bad Gypsy connections

I'm sorry, but the naivete of anyone defending this woman as "well-intentioned" and just not having the proper paperwork is un-fucking-believable. It justifies everything that is ever said about religious people being taken advantage by others who know they're blinded to evil by their religion.

I especially liked the part that some of the children had parents, it's like a Monty Python sketch.
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Oh for jesus fucks sake, haven't you people even noticed slightly what she's accused of in the US?

It's the old Secret Shopper Con, and that's what this woman obviously is, a professional con artist.

And yes, she fled the US to Haiti and either decided or meant to use the EQ to facilitate this con while she was there or took advantage of it once it happened. That's what con artists DO. It's their BUSINESS to often cover one scheme with another.

I'll lay you MONEY this woman has either Irish Traveler or bad Gypsy connections

I'm sorry, but the naivete of anyone defending this woman as "well-intentioned" and just not having the proper paperwork is un-fucking-believable. It justifies everything that is ever said about religious people being taken advantage by others who know they're blinded to evil by their religion.

I especially liked the part that some of the children had parents, it's like a Monty Python sketch.
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yea she fled the US to Haiti via building an Orphanage in the Dominican Republic.
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well, if everything we are hearing is accurate, this gal simply sounds like she has a need to help those who are in a terrible bad way. So much so that she neglects her own responsibilities as she perceives them comparatively unimportant and not life threatening. In fact she likely buries herself in giving charity as a means to escape what she believes to be unimportant, her own welfare.

I would like to see a news piece on the orphanage she built.
Here is some information:

Idaho Baptist Adoption Suspects Planned to ‘Gather’ 100 Haitian Orphans, Cross Border | ChattahBox News Blog

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Well, the so-called orphanage turns out to be a 45-room hotel at Cabarete, a beach resort in the Dominican Republic that the group was renting.
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