Dear Friends: Looks klike there ain't no Santa Clause folks............, or Easter Bunny!
Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton put promoting the Easter Bunny ahead of preventing possible trauma to children when it removed the girls with only one day’s notice, a judge found.
From the National Post:
An Ontario child welfare agency placed promoting belief in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny above preventing possible trauma when it removed two girls from a foster home because the Christian couple refused to lie about the bunny’s existence, an Ontario judge ruled.
In a stinging indictment of the actions of the Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton, a court judgment declared the CAS violated the foster parent’s right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression when the children were taken from their home and their fostering agreement terminated over the Easter Bunny dilemma.
Derek and Frances Baars, who lived in Hamilton at the time but have since moved to Edmonton, sued the Children’s Aid Society last year, saying a CAS worker insisted they proactively tell two girls in their care, aged three and four, that Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny was genuine, despite the couple’s belief that all lying is wrong.
The Baars sought no money, only a court declaration their rights were violated and that they not be blackballed from future fostering.
Meanwhile Santa and the Bunny have gone to court to sue the CAS for defamation of character!
We will keep you informed!
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P.S. Today is International Women's Day, so let's have a big shout-out for all our Gal-Pals!
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