The man was arrested for merely attending services because there was a daycare on site. I think that is wrong. In fact, I think a lot of the rules in regard to sex offenders is wrong. Keep a close eye on them, yes. Not allow them to attend church or live within a certain radius of a school or daycare, unrealistic.
You bring up some interesting points. I can see where in some cases the requirement not to be a certain number of feet of a school, sunday school, or daycare might be unrealistic. But as it stands... it's currently the law. He definately opened himself up for this to happen by attending church where he'd be near children. I'd think that the church would stand up for his right to attend and perhaps support him in challenging this law. Perhaps in the mean time he should seek to find a place to worship such as a house church. Sadly, he might be forced to practice his faith in private away from any public gatherings.
You bring up some interesting points. I can see where in some cases the requirement not to be a certain number of feet of a school, sunday school, or daycare might be unrealistic. But as it stands... it's currently the law. He definately opened himself up for this to happen by attending church where he'd be near children. I'd think that the church would stand up for his right to attend and perhaps support him in challenging this law. Perhaps in the mean time he should seek to find a place to worship such as a house church. Sadly, he might be forced to practice his faith in private away from any public gatherings.
It's not against the law for sex offenders to be around children AT ALL. They have a right to attend church. They have a right to attend family reunions. They have a right to visit relatives. They have a right to attend school functions their own children are involved in.
I don't know the state where this took place, but I think there's more to the story than him merely attending church where there also happened to be a day care.
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It's not against the law for sex offenders to be around children AT ALL. They have a right to attend church. They have a right to attend family reunions. They have a right to visit relatives. They have a right to attend school functions their own children are involved in.
I don't know the state where this took place, but I think there's more to the story than him merely attending church where there also happened to be a day care.
I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps it's more of a technicality. I know they are not supposed to be anywhere near daycares, schools, etc. Maybe the issue is the church's daycare. Maybe if it were a church without daycare there wouldn't have been a violation of the statute, however, being that close to daycare, church or not is an issue.
It's not against the law for sex offenders to be around children AT ALL. They have a right to attend church. They have a right to attend family reunions. They have a right to visit relatives. They have a right to attend school functions their own children are involved in.
I don't know the state where this took place, but I think there's more to the story than him merely attending church where there also happened to be a day care.
I thought the restrictions were mainly related to where the live and where they work. I could be wrong.
If they couldn't be around children at all, then how could they even function in society? They couldn't even go to a grocery store or to the post office--they might encounter a minor.
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I thought the restrictions were mainly related to where the live and where they work. I could be wrong.
If they couldn't be around children at all, then how could they even function in society? They couldn't even go to a grocery store or to the post office--they might encounter a minor.
That's correct.
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You bring up some interesting points. I can see where in some cases the requirement not to be a certain number of feet of a school, sunday school, or daycare might be unrealistic. But as it stands... it's currently the law. He definately opened himself up for this to happen by attending church where he'd be near children. I'd think that the church would stand up for his right to attend and perhaps support him in challenging this law. Perhaps in the mean time he should seek to find a place to worship such as a house church. Sadly, he might be forced to practice his faith in private away from any public gatherings.
He could easily find a small group of all adults and no children and call this his church. There's not reason he has to go worship service on Sundays.
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