This is just stupid. And damaging to the child. Seems she can’t live with white foster parents because she’s 1.5% Choctaw Indian. She’s been with them for 5 years already.
Oh, and the home they’re moving her to…. also not Native American…. This is 100% stupid.
“Social workers SEIZE sobbing girl, 6, from her home of five years in adoption race row: Devastated white foster family forced to give up their daughter by court because she is 1.5% Native American
Lexi, a six-year-old with one-and-a-half per cent Choctaw blood has been removed from her foster parents of five years
Protesters tried to stop government officials from taking the child from her foster parents by spending the night outside the home
Summer and Rusty Page, Lexi’s foster parents, are not Native American
Due to the ‘Indian Child Welfare Act’, Lexi is supposed to only live with other Native American families
Summer and Rusty, from Santa Claritra, California, have been fighting for two years to adopt the child
The Choctaw Tribe has decided to place Lexi with a person in Utah who is not Native American and does not live on a reservation.”
Yep, saw that. There might have been better solutions all around. Like working out a visiting program for the foster parents (who have been trying to get the adoption done for the past couple of years) to take the child to Choctaw ceremonies, connecting her with a grandma figure who could introduce her into the ways of the Tribe. I understand the idea of a child being kept as part of the Tribe but by the time she is ninety eight percent something else, it may be time to let it go.
On the other hand, the parents could have done it better for the child. Knowing this was going to happen, they should have been preparing her. A few tears, but a general feeling of excitement for her on her new adventure, reassuring her rather than making it terrifying. They should work behind the scenes rather than involving the child. Finding ways to be there for her in her transition, to support her. It is about her, not them.
“… take hope, Christian. The Church will be around long after today’s empires and political parties fade away. If you want to put down roots somewhere, put them in the soil of the Church.
After all, the gates of hell are shaking not because of an election, but because of Easter.”
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The case for Trump might just come down to the idea that if we can’t have effective government, at least we can have entertaining government.
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Wandering Views 
Looks like the religion of peace has struck again.
CONTENT WARNING!!!! for some pretty gruesome images.
http://www.weaselzippers.us/262838-breakingmultiple-explosions-rock-brussels/
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This is just stupid. And damaging to the child. Seems she can’t live with white foster parents because she’s 1.5% Choctaw Indian. She’s been with them for 5 years already.
Oh, and the home they’re moving her to…. also not Native American…. This is 100% stupid.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3503460/Girl-six-taken-away-foster-family-five-years-1-5-cent-Native-American-family-white.html
“Social workers SEIZE sobbing girl, 6, from her home of five years in adoption race row: Devastated white foster family forced to give up their daughter by court because she is 1.5% Native American
Lexi, a six-year-old with one-and-a-half per cent Choctaw blood has been removed from her foster parents of five years
Protesters tried to stop government officials from taking the child from her foster parents by spending the night outside the home
Summer and Rusty Page, Lexi’s foster parents, are not Native American
Due to the ‘Indian Child Welfare Act’, Lexi is supposed to only live with other Native American families
Summer and Rusty, from Santa Claritra, California, have been fighting for two years to adopt the child
The Choctaw Tribe has decided to place Lexi with a person in Utah who is not Native American and does not live on a reservation.”
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Yep, saw that. There might have been better solutions all around. Like working out a visiting program for the foster parents (who have been trying to get the adoption done for the past couple of years) to take the child to Choctaw ceremonies, connecting her with a grandma figure who could introduce her into the ways of the Tribe. I understand the idea of a child being kept as part of the Tribe but by the time she is ninety eight percent something else, it may be time to let it go.
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On the other hand, the parents could have done it better for the child. Knowing this was going to happen, they should have been preparing her. A few tears, but a general feeling of excitement for her on her new adventure, reassuring her rather than making it terrifying. They should work behind the scenes rather than involving the child. Finding ways to be there for her in her transition, to support her. It is about her, not them.
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Oops
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/03/bill-clinton-unplugged.php
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https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/trevinwax/2016/03/17/i-dont-feel-at-home-in-the-republican-party-anymore/
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“… take hope, Christian. The Church will be around long after today’s empires and political parties fade away. If you want to put down roots somewhere, put them in the soil of the Church.
After all, the gates of hell are shaking not because of an election, but because of Easter.”
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A rather depressing view
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/doug-sosnik-memo-2016-is-over-213753
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Ah, but then again …
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/03/21/the-republican-race-serves-as-a-useful-distraction-from-how-bad-things-are-for-clinton/
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there is that.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/03/trump-fauxchahontas.php
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http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/03/today-is-the-first-day-of-the-rest-of-the-gop-race.php
Numbers. Looks like California and Indiana could make a difference this time.
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