Which Mother for Isabella? Civil Union Ends in an Abduction and Questions

[redstar826]

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Lisa A. Miller and her daughter, Isabella, started their fugitive lives here in the fall of 2009, disguised in the white scarves and long blue dresses of the Mennonites who spirited them out of the United States and adopting the aliases Sarah and Lydia

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[rex_dart]

The people involved in this kidnapping are fucking evil and that is all the fuck there is to it. Just more proof that conservatives want to strip everything from us, including our rights and our identities and our goddamn families too if they can get their filthy hands on them.

[ferriludant]

Agree completely.

[redstar826]

Yeah, I'm single right now and not in a position to have kids, but wow does this shit make me anxious about the idea of ever having children of my own

[kyra_neko_rei]

Yeah. Same here. Not only am I about 90-95% keyed to women, but I'm polyamorous and one of my probable prerequisites for having kids is several adults to share the parenting. Raises a whole lot of risk factors for a busybody, an ex, or somebody's family managing to get said kids taken away.

[alryssa]

Goddamn. I remember when this whole mess started up - it just seems to go from bad to fucking worse. That poor kid - this is fucked up beyond belief and so damn sad.

[emofordino]

it really is such an awful situation. i really hope that isabella is doing okay despite all of the bullshit she's had to deal with. ideally, i would hope that she is found and returned to janet, but it would be even more terrible if isabella has been brainwashed to think that her own mother is a terrible sinner who isn't actually her parent. :( my heart just breaks for both of them.

[bestdaywelived]

She's clearly not doing okay, she's probably terrified and confused, but she's absolutely been brainwashed at the very least. THAT I feel confident of.

[kyra_neko_rei]

She has also been told that the other woman she once called “Mama,” Ms. Miller’s former partner from a civil union in Vermont that she has since renounced, cannot go to heaven because she lives in sin with women.

WHO DOES THIS TO A CHILD?

Isabella was 7 when she and Ms. Miller jumped into a car in Virginia, leaving behind their belongings and a family of pet hamsters to die without food or water.

Oh.

She has been told that she could be wrenched from her mother if they are caught.

But it was fine the first time. >_>

[aprettybinding]

I didn't like this woman to begin with, i hate what she's done to this woman and her child, but leaving behind those pets to die!?!?! How does all of that not = evil?

[_cheshire]

She has also been told that the other woman she once called “Mama,” Ms. Miller’s former partner from a civil union in Vermont that she has since renounced, cannot go to heaven because she lives in sin with women.

WHO DOES THIS TO A CHILD?

this reminds of when my mom told 10 year old me I'd never see my dad in heaven because he killed himself and ~it was a sin~

I just do not understand how a parent could do that to their child. It's so hurtful.

[romp]

I'm so sorry. I hope it was because she was grieving and not because she's that callous. Something like that can affect your relationship forever tho'. :(

[stormqueen280]

I hope this kid is found and Ms. Jenkins can finally see her daughter again.

[kishmet]

God fucking dammit

Even if the mother who should have her gets her back she's gonna need so much therapy and de-conditioning from the bullshit the one who kidnapped her has been spewing. And just as terrifying, plenty of people in this country (in the world really) would agree with the reasons for the abduction, and it makes me hesitate to even consider having kids someday.