Still more baby snatching

When people wonder aloud why so many Americans distrust their government, list this as exhibit A:

Arlington County social workers used unproven allegations of neglect in April 2005 to justify removing then-3-week-old Sabrina from her parent’s home. Her parents were accused - anonymously - of starving Sabrina. And they were deemed unable to care properly for their daughter, even with the frequent help of Nancy Hey’s mother and a full-time nanny. After more than two years of legal wrangling with the county’s Child Protective Services (CPS), Arlington Circuit Court Judge James Almand terminated the couple’s parental rights in June 2007.

Arlington Judge Esther Wiggins Lyles signed the removal order with neither Hey nor Slitor even aware of the proceedings, much less being present to contest the decision. Sabrina went to a politically influential local professional couple with no training as foster parents, despite CPS requirements that foster couples be trained before being entrusted with children.

Judge Almand later used the baby’s inappropriate removal to justify making the separation permanent, saying it would be too “traumatic” to return Sabrina to her natural parents.

The colonists listed plenty of grievances with King George in 1776, but even they didn't have to put up with the State separating families at the merest whim. Religion has been brought to heel as a personal fad, and the power of family has been diluted through divorce and self-centeredness. With no rival source of recognized authority, the State is gathering all power unto itself. What will it take before our generation, too, says "enough!"