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Originally Posted by MommyAlysia
We have the right to follow our religion as well, if the FK's need to practice a religion that goes against ours then we do not have to accept placement. I am pretty sure Scraps said she let them know upfront what she was comfortable with and she said she would not accept placements that required her to take the children to religious establishments that went against her religion. So, that leads me to assume her current placements parents do not require that their children must be taken to temple.
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I understood that the parents *had* asked that the children be taken to a Buddhist temple. If I'm wrong, I hope Scraps will forgive me.
But there's a lot more here than just saying "well, if the kids don't throw a fit about going to an evangelical church, it's okay," or "if the parents don't demand that the child be taken to temple, it's okay." Parents and kids in the system are in very vulnerable positions. It is often hard for them to articulate their needs and wants because they are afraid of the social workers. If these kids were taken because their parents were practicing Cambodian religion, then they would be extra careful not to make religious demands. That doesn't mean that they don't want their kids in temple. It may just mean that they're intimidated and afraid to ask.
I think we owe it to kids to respect their religions and their cultures of origin. I would be LIVID if my child were taken to an evangelical church---those churches violate every principle I hold dear. Our foster children are not ours to make religious decisions for, and so I think we need to keep them practicing their parents' faiths until TPR.