Some 200 people gather in central Oslo on April 16, 2016 to protest the state seizure of the five children of Christian couple Marius and Ruth Bodnariu by the Norwegian child welfare service Barnevernet.
The five children of the Marius and Ruth Bodnariu are to be reunited with them following a decision by Norway’s Barnevernet or child welfare service. Continue reading “Victory for Bodnariu family, reunited with their children”
Between May 30 and June 2, 2016, Marius and Ruth Bodnariu will show up before a local administrative commission which will decide if they will lose their rights to care for their own children or if the family will be reunited. Continue reading “Ruth and Marius Bodnariu have been abusively separated from their children”
More than 100 attorneys from the United States and abroad and members of the European Parliament wrote a letter to the Norwegian Prime Minister, saying the government’s act of seizing five children of a Christian family to “prevent” them from being “indoctrinated” with Christianity violates domestic and international law, and urging their immediate release. Continue reading “Christian Post: 100 Attorneys: Norway Violated Humanitarian, Moral Laws Seizing 5 Kids From Parents Over Christian Faith”
By Jayme Metzgar 18, 2016
Scandinavia is in vogue on the American Left. Throughout this campaign season, Bernie Sanders and his disciples have pointed to the region as a shining example of their vision for “democratic socialism.” (After all, images of quaint Nordic streets are far more appealing than disaster zones like Venezuela.) While opinions vary on just how economically socialist Scandinavia really is, its nations undoubtedly offer a far more comprehensive social safety net than the United States.
But a recent child welfare controversy in Norway shows the dark side of this utopia. When government assumes a “nanny state” responsibility for its citizens, it also tends to assume a frightening degree of control over their daily lives. The results can be devastating—and decidedly undemocratic.
Continue reading “Read About Norway Stealing These Kids, Then Tout ‘Democratic Socialism’”
Written by Selwyn Duke
Is Christianity now a crime? Is teaching of sin now a sin itself? Some would say this is the case in Norway, where a couple has had their five children seized by the government based on charges of, their lawyer reports, “Christian radicalization and indoctrination.”
Marius and Ruth Bodnariu’s problems began late last year when their five children, three boys and two girls aged three months to nine years, were seized by Barnevernet, Norway’s child-protection agency. Continue reading “The Crime of Being Christian? Atheistic State Seizes Theists’ Children”
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