Pagan Centered Podcast – Episode 57 – CYA against CYS

2009
12.17

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2:33 Custody issues
3:30 Children go to the parent with more money and thus more powerful lawyers
5:00 Political climate of the individual having custody issues
6:20 What forms of assistance are there for Pagans experiencing religious discrimination with child custody issues?
7:10 Chuck Norris says the US was founded on Christian values
7:45 According to the courts, you can force children to be Christian, but the courts say you are not permitted to expose children to Pagan ritual
8:15 Pagans reporting other Pagans for exposing children to their religion as part of their temper tantrums.
9:12 Document everything!
10:15 “Look at how hard I’m working” often causes a backlash with Children and Youth Services.
11:05 Children and Youth Services apparently believe that being Pagan is indicative of some deeper negative issues.
12:22 But who oversees Children and Youth Services, a seemingly rampant discriminatory organization in many states? Apparently no one.
13:22 It seems more and more often that religion is the sole source of judgements regarding child custody.
13:42 You’re different, therefore you do not deserve to keep your children.
13:52 Lack of oversight = lack of accountability
14:07 Average person is not concerned because they see how Children and Youth Services save some children, not realizing how dictatorial they are with custody cases.
14:34 Children and Youth Services in Pennsylvania apparently prefers to see children beaten to death rather than exposed to Pagan ritual.
14:50 Maybe there wouldn’t be so many child beatings overlooked if Children and Youth Services (CYS) wasn’t so focused on taking children away from Pagan parents.
15:00 This will not change without oversight.
15:10 Teach your children that they should have a lawyer present before talking to law enforcement, regardless of how young they are.
15:45 We don’t teach children in schools how to deal with cops whose intent is to screw you over.
16:15 The purpose of public school is to make everyone uniform?
16:45 Make sure your children get a copy of the children’s bill of rights
19:00 Telling the children how to not share too much information about their religious beliefs, to avoid persecution from Children and Youth Services
19:50 Pagan children are essentially forced to have an outward persona and an internal persona.
20:55 Children are accepting until their parents dictate otherwise.
21:35 School administrators are too lazy to figure out who causes a situation, so they blame everyone involved whenever a situation arises.
26:28 The difference between ritual and magic
33:00 Internet censorship, censoring Wikileaks and the Barbara Streisand Effect
35:43 Study shows most Americans have left the faith they were raised with
37:00 Someone who thinks they’re a Jedi but couldn’t show their light saber because it was against their rules
38:11 Can Roman Catholic sex abuse be traced to Satanic symbols in religious artwork?
39:42 Proving any symbol can be a gang symbol: teens suspended for wearing crucifix to school
40:25 Are mobile phones killing ghosts?
43:14 Metaphysical weapons for a typical New Ager, lol.
43:58 WAMEPOT: Danish Papers
44:28 Website of the week: XenuTV.com
45:14 For further listening: Pagan Defense Corp
47:22 For even further listening