Let's be mindful of the offender's spiritual well being. If they've struggled with an attraction to children it's best not to place them where they can be tempted.
It's best for all involved to limit their participation in the church.
Exactly. That would be like placing a former alcoholic in charge of the communion wine. Is that a good idea? I don't see how deliverance from bondage equates a deliverance from potential temptation.
Nice pic of you in your avatar, btw.
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Exactly. That would be like placing a former alcoholic in charge of the communion wine. Is that a good idea? I don't see how deliverance from bondage equates a deliverance from potential temptation.
Nice pic of you in your avatar, btw.
Amen.
Thaks for the compliment. I must say, your avatar's rather beautiful Sis. Brattifield.
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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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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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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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We have homosexuals that come to our church. We have a few that were Bisexuals. We have alcoholics. We have porn addicts. We have former convicts. Why not bring on the sex offenders?
It's clear the system cannot help fix them. Why would you prevent them from coming to the one person who can fix anyone...Jesus?
If you have kids...don't let them hang around the guy. Simple solution.
There is a man who is a sex offender that attends the church my children attend. He started attending church several years ago, about six months before he was sentenced to prison and served ten years.
After prison, he started attending again. Everyone is aware of his crime, but even he is careful about where he is and who he speaks to.
My son is a good friend of his, even though he's about half his age. My son is also aware of what took place. This guy was on EA (might still be) but puts on his page that nobody under 18 can add him or even talk to him, although he doesn't elaborate as to why (understandably).
He's not a predator, and while I wouldn't trust him completely, I don't believe the children in the church are in any danger from him. He's in the public eye at all times, and I've never seen or heard anyone keep their children from him.
I'm glad he's allowed to attend church. He loves God and he has the Holy Ghost. He's also a member of the choir.
Most of us have past sins we wouldn't want others to even know about. I know I have a few myself that nobody I even know personally knows about. To God, I'm no different than the guy I speak about in this post. At the cross, the ground is even.
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