Removing Children From Their Family Because of Their Names!!!!!!

I saw the news report on this and, while CPS said that they didn't remove the children from the home simply because of their names, I'm not necessarily buying it. I do feel very sorry for those kids. Although their parents said that they were not teaching them to hate others, the huge swastika hanging on the wall behind the father said otherwise. This is truly a sad case.

This is a really tough call for me. When I first heard the story of the birthday cake my first instinct was that these parents were guilty of child abuse just for the names they'd given their children but others here set me straight and made me realize we can't go down the slippery slope of allowing the government to tell us what we can or can not name our own kids. However, I still had misgivings and I must say I would guess that anyone who is bigoted and ignorant enough to name their kids the names this couple named theirs probably aren't fit parents. I understand the agency has said there were other reasons other than the names. Whatever the case, I'm sure they weren't being raised in a very health environment. Annie

I believe that there is more to the story. It wasn't just their names. There has been a lot of domestic violence calls to the house. Not to mention a lot of other issues. If it was just for their names, I would not agree with it.

These are the same people (presumably) who hit the headlines a few weeks ago when a store refused to make a personalised birthday cake with the name Adolf Hitler on it. When you consider the joy that a new-born child should bring into a household, I would consider it a potential form of abuse to name the child in suchan offensive way. If the parents cannot understand the offensive nature of the names they have given their children, then you have to question whether they can be fit parents at all if they struggle with such simple logic. Note that the children presumably were not removed because of their names as they had had them since birth...but for some other reason which is no doubt linked to the strange psychological disposition of either one or both parents. The same disposition which makes it acceptable in their minds to give their children the names of some of the most despised people in history. I have no problem with people having sincere views about a political stance, but once these manifest as a form of (mental) abuse, then you have to ask some serious questions about how these kids are being raised. I am guessing someone has been asking questions and found some pretty unsavory answers. I feel sure that these children may well have been brought up to hate non-Aryans and this is a more tangible form of mental abuse, although we should be careful about how we treat cases where parents have what we consider to be extreme views. How do I feel about the situation? I hope those involved have been able to build a good case and have some solid evidence, because just having an extreme view is not good grounds for taking children away. However I feel very sorry that these children have most likely been brought up to hate. There is no hope for the parents though - if you are prepared to do this to your kids, you are too far gone.

While I believe these are absolutely horrible names to burden a child with, I don't think the government needs to be taking children from their parents unless they are in danger of abuse. Maybe that was the case in this situation.