http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6436872
There are a couple of possibilities here....either they didn't pray hard enough, god didn't care about their child, or they are utterly lacking in common sense and possibly not intelligent enough to be allowed to walk around in public. No matter how you look at it, these two people have murdered their child, by withholding medical treatment that would have almost certainly cured her bacterial pneumonia. Instead of just taking her to the doctor and getting her the appropriate (very common) antibiotics, they opted to put her life in the hands of....well...imaginary friends.
Of course, they are arguing that the charges infringe on their freedom of religion and right to raise their child in their own way. I'm sorry, but freedom of religion does not include the option to let your children die. You may be free to practice whatever religion you like, but you are not free to use that religion to the detriment of others. Children should be given some sort of protection from parents such as these. I use the term "parents" strictly in the biological sense, as they were clearly not functioning as parents in any other capacity.
For more egregious examples of the parents believing they can just ignore reality, here are a few more links:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5968611&page=1
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/DiabetesResource/story?id=4536593&page=1
The title of the above article, if not so sad, would be laughable. Reading it makes my head hurt. All I can think is, "uh....no shit!"
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