A 14-year-old girl in Lakeland, Florida has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of her newborn infant. You probably know the story: secret pregnancy, birth in the bathroom of mobile home with mother a few feet away, dead infant in shoebox under the bed.
They?re trying her as an adult, which is moronic, since that?s just what she isn?t. But no surprise ? this is Lakeland, Florida. It?s Polk County. It?s Sheriff Grady Judd.
Polk County, where Cassidy attended high school, teaches community-based abstinence-only-until-marriage curricula in its schools. Nurse Jamie Kress facilitates Polk County?s Prevention Program that brings registered nurses to schools to cover a variety of subjects that might fall under the category of sex-ed.
According to Kress, contraception is only addressed within the context of marriage, and instead, the program promotes abstinence from all sexual contact as STD and teen pregnancy prevention. A student thinking about having sex, or who is already sexually active, would not be advised to use condoms or other forms of birth control.
If a student were already under the impression that she has committed the one act that runs contrary to the basis of everything she?s been taught in school, I would argue that she would be less willing to approach adults at school with concerns that she is pregnant. Although little has been said about Cassidy?s character, or her home life, the facts of the case demonstrate that she was in dire need of support outside of her family regarding her pregnancy.
According to Sheriff Grady Judd, Cassidy?s mother was ?in denial,? ignoring family members who said that Cassidy might be pregnant and the bulge likely visible on Cassidy?s 100 pound, 5?3? frame.
Polk County. Home of Polk Under Prayer, as I wrote last March after the secularism event in Orlando.
One of the first talks was EllenBeth Wachs, who explained what?s been going on in Polk County, Florida. Theocracy, that?s what. The mayor of Lakeland and the Polk County sheriff are involved in something called Polk Under Prayer.
Grady Judd, the sheriff who arrested EllenBeth because she pissed him off. Lakeland, whose mayor is teamed up with Grady Judd to christianize everything they can get their hands on.
Naturally Cassidy Goodson didn?t get sex education in school. Naturally Polk County is trying her as an adult. This is what theocracy looks like.
from your own site.
Source: http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2012/10/return-to-polk-county/
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