When rights mean nothing.

From the Zealand Bill of Rights Act

Section 15 [Religion and Belief]

Every person has the right to manifest that person’s religion or belief in worship, observance, practice, or teaching, either individually or in community with others, and either in public or in private.

From Dave at Big News…

The woman who disciplined her son with a riding crop has religious beliefs, and although that is no more a crime than smacking in this country, Child Youth and Family do not like parents who are willing to physically discipline their children within the law due to their religious beliefs. Because this woman does have these beliefs, CYFS is attempting to take her daughter away from her and are trying very hard to look for abuse when there is none and are requesting that the womans daughter be assessed for physical abuse.

An abusive CYFS document the woman e-mailed to Big News and entitled “goals and objectives to be achieved” describes her her parenting style as “entrenched” in her religion, consequently asking ” what is her ability and willingness to change”, and questioning ” whether the girl should be “living in an environment supportive of her mothers views and beliefs”?