A Toowoomba mother who relied on the "hand of God" to heal her sick daughter has been jailed for endangering the six-year-old girl's life.
And in jail she will start her very own prayer group. These people need something else than jail or they will come out even more radicalized.
That would put her in the same group as Muslim terrorists, which figures.
I have had enough of the Land of the Convict condoning violence in the name of religion. The fact that the judge sent her to prison rather than opting for something more useful underscores this point.
The United $tates of Absurdity does not have a monopoly on mentally defective parents.
Five months in jail might help here. In many of our states she would have gotten away with it.
Knowing the pig-headedness of religious types in this country, I very much doubt that five months in the slammer will do anything to help the mother to wise up.
When I worked as a family counselor, I would call Child Protective Services the INSTANT that some goofy bible-beater failed to get medical care for a sick child. Oh yeah. Both CPS and the cops, right way, on the spot. I'd ask to have the parents charged with child abuse.
I hope she loses custody; or, at the very least child services, there, keeps her in their system for monitoring.