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  • 09-11-2012 1:37pm
    #1
    lowly26
    Registered Users Posts: 123 ✭✭


    hi all,

    im not to sure about voting in the childrens referendum, can anyone help me out with why i should vote yes and equally why i should vote no??

    sorry have just found a thread below asking the same thing thanks


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  • #2
    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭PopeBuckfastXVI


    lowly26 wrote: »
    hi all,

    im not to sure about voting in the childrens referendum, can anyone help me out with why i should vote yes and equally why i should vote no??

    sorry have just found a thread below asking the same thing thanks

    Be careful of 'equality', there may not be equal arguments on both sides of a question, in fact usually there aren't.


  • #3
    Ozymandius2011
    Registered Users Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭Ozymandius2011


    The wording states that a child may be taken into care if the parents 'fail in their duty to their children'. It doesn't define what these duties are. Are you comfortable with judges and social workers deciding what your duties as a parent are, and taking away your children if *they* think you are not meeting them? Vote No. Otherwise, obese children may be taken into care because the State thinks the parents are feeding them too much junk food or not getting them to exercise enough. Unemployed parents could have their children removed by a rightwing judge that thinks the parents are scroungers etc.


  • #4
    maringo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 959 ✭✭✭maringo


    At present children are taken into care in cases of cruelty or neglect. If their parents are married they may be put into foster care as adoption is not allowed to children of married parents - only children whose parents are not married can be adopted. All kids are entitled to the chance to have a loving home whether their parents are married or not. I also think a child's voice should be heard - gone are the days when I heard "children should be seen and not heard". These are my reasons so I'm definitely a yes on the referendum.


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