Christian court watchers


Focusing on enforcing the law instead providing for the victim
I've no problem with citizens watching to make sure that the police and courts do their job.

Assuming that the laws are just to begin with. Emphasis added.

Becknell -- a devout Christian known to many as "Brother John" -- pulls out a pen and an inch-thick docket, mostly of drug and alcohol cases. For the next three hours, he takes diligent notes on the judge's actions, the attendance of police officers, repeat offenders making another appearance, and so on.

The purpose? To make sure drug offenders in eastern Kentucky are getting what they deserve.

Frustrated with widespread drug abuse -- especially of easily accessible prescription painkillers -- a handful of mountain churches are moving away from their traditional role as a refuge for the poor and addicted. Now they're more interested in law enforcement.

Now we can argue back and forth about if the drug laws make any sense or not. But shackling doctors when it comes to pain killers has to be one of the more idiotic expressions of government in history. Basically a political stand overturns medical judgement.

Dealing with pain is a matter between patient and doctor. Yes, in some cases there may be addiction. But what are the alternatives? Is it better to endure the pain? People are living longer. Many have chronic conditions that produce pain.

Is it really all that moral for politicos to say that a person has to endure pain?

What kind of church would insist on that?

Hat tip The Agitator.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Sun - August 5, 2007 at 02:20 PM  Tag


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