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Letters Outrage About DSS | Comments on Other Subjects | Angry Readers Outrage
About DSS and Troopers Storming Hospital, but Mass. Is Mostly
Silent DSS Admits Mother Did Not Abuse
Children
I
called the DSS and spoke with a lady named Carol Yelverta (sp?)
and she said that the story was true [about sending state troopers
to a maternity ward to seize a newborn baby without a judge’s permission].
I asked her what sort of horrific things this woman did to deserve
her children to be taken away. Overall, Carol was calm when she
spoke, but she gave away little information regarding what it really
was that made them take this woman’s children. I
asked, “Did the mother physically harm them?” Carol said, “No.”
I asked, “Was she emotionally battering the children?” Carol said,
“No.” I then asked, “Well, what did she do?” I was told, “She [the
mother] had neglected the older children, and this neglect affected
the mother’s ability to effectively parent her children.” How
scary that these children have to be taken away from their mother,
for “neglect.” How
did they prove it was neglect? Who turned this woman in to DSS?
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Sandra Zimmerman Editor’s Comment: There are two serious problems with the way that DSS acted. The first question is, should this infant have been taken from its mother? Even more important, why didn’t DSS follow the law and get a judge’s approval instead of just sending state police to the maternity ward to seize the baby out of its mother’s arms? (You can read the original story in our Archives by searching for “Diana Ross” or in the September 2001 print edition at page 2.) Who’s to Blame?
Are
we helping DSS with our tax money to do this? Are we part of it?
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Wilder Poma Editor’s Comment:
Of course we are part of it. And we have a woman for our governor.
She, Jane Swift, is totally responsible for DSS. Does she have no
compassion for what is happening to other mothers in our state? Reader ‘Appalled’ and ‘Baffled’
This
is appalling. I don’t know what the severity of the mother’s negligence
was, but it’s absurd for the DSS to place her first two children
in the foster care of two gay men and in harm’s way with a couple
who owned a Rottweiler. Now
one child is dead. Who is responsible? Was there no help for this
woman anywhere? Where are this woman’s rights? How can this happen?
I am full of questions and baffled as to how something like this
happens. -
Donna Huether Mass. ‘Takes the Cake’
Out
here we think that we’ve heard most everything, but friend, you
folks in Mass take the cake. You are the country’s leaders of any
perversion and you’re in violation of most of the Articles of the
Constitution. -
James Vondras DSS Same in Maine
I
am sickened by the DSS’s behavior. Maine has comparable horrible
incidents. When is Massachusetts going to investigate the agency?
This is part of a national pattern of corruption, with state governments
preying on their own citizens.
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Jane McCloskey Example of ‘Parens Patriae’
This
sounds like the enforcement of the ancient doctrine of “parens patriae”...the
government is parent to all. Could this have happened if there were
no Social Security number and no birth certificate filed or registered?
You have to sign a birth certificate application before you can
give up your rights to your children. -
Name Withheld President Has Responsibility
Where’s
the President in all this? The
President should be looking into the DSS and restrict the federal
government from giving money to the DSS when they kidnap children. -
Adrien Simon Texan Glad Not to Live in Mass.
In
large parts of the rest of the country, we refer to your state as
the “People’s Republic of Massachusetts.” When
I see an article like this, I am even more grateful that I don’t
live in your state. -
Ken Hylton DSS Should Answer to Courts
I
am totally disgusted after reading about the abduction of Diana
Ross’s newborn baby! Over
the past 10 years, similar cases have proven these agencies are
not doing their job correctly, and many children have been and are
being subjected to physical and emotional abuse. Some have needlessly
died because of horrific decisions these agencies have made presumably
“in the best interests of the children.” These
agencies need to be investigated, cleaned up, have serious legal
judgments and fines imposed upon them and possibly be shut down
when they abuse their powers. No child protection agency should
have the lone legal right and power to initiate such actions without
answering to a court first!
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Carole Bishop Voters Must React
It
is obvious to anyone with more than two functional brain cells that
the kidnapping (with impunity!) of this woman’s children is purely
retaliatory. How
sad that a once proud beacon for the protection of children has
become so thoroughly permeated with corruption, greed, and spite.
And even sadder still that our Constitution, the ideals it encompasses
and due process of law have all been subverted and negated by a
rapaciously power-hungry and intrusive government and its hopelessly
corrupted agencies and an apathetic voting populace. This
is a frightening statement of what we have allowed ourselves to
be trained to accept without much more than a passing comment. -
Melanie Thigpen Sick at Heart
This
is happening in America? How can we let it happen? I am sick at
heart!!! -
E. McCall Big Gov’t is Big Problem
I’m
tired of intrusive government trying to protect us from ourselves. This
woman has lost her children, one dead, because “Big Brother” thought
that she couldn’t take care of them. Her new baby was taken because
she reportedly didn’t feed it right! I have seen several newborns
that did not, or would not eat the first night. It
reminds me of the story about CPS responding to a report that a
small child was outside naked. So what? That’s what small kids do.
If
you’re as tired of this as I am, please call your representatives
and senators. All it takes for evil to succeed is for good people
to do nothing. -
Curt Brenner Family Should Sue
I
hope this family sues DSS and the state for all they can get. I’m
sure she will be able to get a lawyer that will do everything he
can for her. All social services in every state should be brought
under the jurisdiction of a higher official. What a shame. -
Norma Lee Case ‘Beyond the Pale’
While
I do not condone a woman bearing multiple illegitimate children,
this case goes beyond the pale. Massachusetts gives a new meaning
to the phrase, “left wing.” This is a horror story that proves the
description to be even truer. -
Dixielee Tripp How Can We Sit By?
I
can’t believe our government is allowed to go into a hospital and
steal a baby from its mother. The citizens of Mass. should be so
upset that the doors of the government buildings should be falling
down from people protesting this type of treatment. How can people
just sit by and watch this total abuse of power? -
Don Burgardt Parents’ NightmareThe
conduct of the DSS as it relates to the Ross family is simply outrageous.
And who is screening these foster families? What a parents’ nightmare. - Joe Loveridge Wants to Get Involved
Recently
I’ve been reading more and more stories of people who have had their
children taken away from them and put into foster homes where they
were beaten, sexually abused or killed. I’d
like to know if there is an organization that exists with the objective
of shaping up the foster care system. -
Faith Merino Editor’s Comment:
The letter below this lists support groups that are working in this
field. The group which reported this case to the press is headed
by Nev Moore, at Justice for Families, PO Box 141, Barnstable, MA
02630, 508-420-0605, www.justiceforfamilies.org. Websites Against CPSThese
kinds of horror stories with Child Protective Services (generically
called CPS) are happening all over the United States. No parent
(or child) is entitled to any of their Civil Rights or Due Process
when up against these CPS agencies. You can learn more about the
battle being waged against the CPS agencies at the following web
references:
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Leonard Henderson Wants to HelpThe
story about the baby seized from his mother while still in the hospital
is shocking. Thank
you for telling this poor woman’s story. Is there anything that
I can do to help? Does
she have a legal fund? -
Windy Hawkins Editor’s Comment: Send
any contributions to The Ross Legal Defense Fund, c/o Nev Moore
at the address noted above. Ross Case Similar to Elian’s
My
wife and I are outraged at the behavior of non-elected bureaucrats
who do not answer to anyone for their arbitrary and despotic actions.
To steal Ms. Ross’s innocent newborn baby (Aaron) and hand him over
to two homosexuals is the epitome of evil. How
soon we forget another abduction by the government. In the pre-dawn
hours of April 22, 2000, the Easter weekend and Christianity’s holiest
time, INS storm troopers assaulted another innocent family and turned
the child over to Cuba’s satanic ruler.
This
is the result of a Godless society. -
Tom Bazan To Be Expected in Mass.
Your
story, “Baby Seized by State Police from Mother’s Hospital Room,”
is appalling! I guess it is something that should be expected from
a socialist police state like Massachusetts, a state that has given
us wonderful role models like Ted Kennedy and Mike Dukakis. Gag! -
Loren Mahanay This Is What You Get
These
DSS people should be strung up by the neck! Can
you imagine what the American state department would say if such
an incident were to happen in China and made public here in America? This
is what you get for electing Democrats. -
Pete Baby Racket
This
is a baby racket and the people of your state should be mad as hell.
It could be someone else next if they decide that they want another
baby to adopt out. The
nerve of this bunch to put this baby with a homosexual couple when
he had a mother that wanted him. God
forbid that these people are allowed to operate as a government
agency. They are a disgrace to themselves. -
Ida Hennesey DSS = ‘Devil’s Security Service’
Thank
you for exposing the evil DSS kidnapping agency. I pray for all
traditional families in MA that none fall prey to the “Devil’s Security
Service” again. The
activities of DSS are beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct
and they are still out there torturing children. Will anyone stop
them? -
Name Withheld Shame on DSS
After
reading of the state-sanctioned baby kidnapping in MassNews, I am
really glad that I do not reside in the socialist state of Mass.
Shame on all of the participants in this evil abuse of authority.
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John G. Ammons DSS Must Be Held Accountable
The
actions of DSS are more than reprehensible; they are immoral and
quite possibly illegal. These are the actions of a repressive state,
not a democracy. I
trust that your newspaper will continue to hold the DSS officials
accountable and keep this situation in the public eye. What those
who abuse their position fear the most is public scrutiny. -
Eric J. Allen Nurses Should Be Punished
Nurses
and doctors are supposed to be there to care for patients, not help
the state carry out a vendetta against one of the people in their
care. The nurses who allowed their notes to be influenced and falsely
reported an incidence of child neglect should be brought up on charges
with their local nursing board. -
Greg Etts To the Dog House, DSS!
What
a disgusting story of “abuse of power.” Throw the DSS in a pen with
a Rottweiler! -
Jim Bamrick What Went Wrong?
In
Chicago, an unwanted infant that did not die while undergoing a
partial birth abortion was left to die in a closet and it is highly
doubtful that the mother was penalized. In Massachusetts, because
someone decided a mother of a newborn “didn’t follow instructions”
in feeding the child right, her baby was ripped from her arms. Isn’t
there something drastically wrong somewhere? How did we come to
this? -
Lea Greenwoo DSS: Stop Adding to Suffering
For
those of you who were involved in this, you deserve to lose your
jobs over this. Don’t add to another’s suffering by involving yourselves
in something you knew in your gut was wrong. Come on ladies, don’t
you think it is about time women started helping each other instead
of aiding victimhood? -
P. Taylor What’s Wrong With Mass.?
What
in the world is wrong with your state? Is there not enough outrage
from the public to deter this kind of action? I’ve
always heard that Mass. is a very liberal state, and is comfortable
with “big government,” but this seems more like something that might
occur in a totalitarian state like China, or some socialist-utopian
European country. I
imagine most Mass. folks would consider themselves as being generally
supportive of feminist ideals, but shouldn’t that include a mother
getting to spend more than one day with her newborn baby before
the state can simply come in and take it? -
Marc Trotter Case Reminiscent of Sen. Baker
Comment
I
just read “Baby Seized by State Police from Mother’s Hospital Room.”
It reminds me of a comment of Sen. Howard Baker from Tenn. I think
it was Pres. Reagan who was going to China when Baker was asked
if he had ever been to a communist country. He responded, “No, but
I’ve been to Massachusetts.” -
Matthew Hermanson Mothers Know How to Feed Babies
I
am appalled at the thought that someone could dictate to a mother
on how to feed her baby. This is totally wrong and needs to be reversed.
This
lady needs a lawyer to represent her and sue all individuals involved
in this matter. -
Name Withheld Worried About Baby Boy
I
want to know what is to be done to help this woman in her time of
need. How is her community gathering together, or are they? How
can I as a mother support the accountability of the DSS to their
actions? This is profound. This should not go unanswered for, or
unpunished. I know I speak for mothers here in the Bible belt. We
will not rest until we have a qualified answer. We
want to help this baby boy who needs time with his mother in his
first new days in this cruel world! -
T. Lee ‘Wannabe Journalist’ Commends
Reporting
I’d
like to commend Ed Oliver on his fine reporting job regarding the
recent DSS story. I
have been trying to get information about the Christine family situation
in Grant’s Pass and speaking as a wannabe journalist, I must say
Ed is amazing. Getting
the notes from the nurses’ station was brilliant. Ed
is exactly the sort of journalist that newspapers all over the country
need. -
Rick Fisk Parents Need Authority Without
Fear
Once
again, DSS has overstepped its bounds. What they did in this situation
was not only morally wrong, but criminal as well. They should be
held fully accountable for all of their actions and those involved
should be terminated. I
believe that DSS is partially responsible for the deterioration
of the family structure. By taking away the authority of the parents
to discipline their children, they have given those same children
“carte blanche” to do as they please, with no fear of retribution.
Twenty-five
years ago, teachers worried about chewing gum, cutting class and
passing notes. Today, they worry about weapons in the hands of our
children, drugs and rape. Our schools have bars and security guards.
The
government, or anybody therein, does not need to raise our children.
We, as parents, need to let them know that. We need to take back
the authority and raise our children without fear of reprisal. -
John M. Sabin Citizens Should March
If
this woman is capable of rearing and providing for her children,
what was the original claim by the children’s services to take her
children? Placing
a young boy in the care of two gay men is ridiculous. The citizens
of that town should march on city hall, remove the judge and demand
the firing of the DSS official in charge, if these things be true. -
Name Withheld Mass. Worse Than Louisiana
How
can this agency have gotten so out of control? I am growing fearful
of living in this country. I would like to read the agency’s defense
of these charges, but I assume that since a legal issue is pending,
there will be none. Are there previous stories about any abuse by
the mother other than a child wandering from the house? Foster
homes in Louisiana are much more strictly vetted. What is going
on in Mass? -
Name Withheld DSS Helping Normalize Homosexuality
Now
it’s very “normal” for a homosexual to adopt a baby for “the safety
and better environment” of the baby, according to DSS. Maybe in
the near future we will be watching a movie in any regular theater
about a “romantic story” rated PG between an old man and a five-year-old
boy, or the Supreme Court will approve the marriage between a two-year-old
girl and a fifty-year-old lady. -
Lillian Lopez Ross Story the Worst Yet
This
story is the most horrifying thing I have read lately about the
state interfering with rights of parents to have control of their
children’s lives. How can anyone take a baby from the hospital,
for heaven’s sake? Why hasn’t something been done about the death
of this woman’s older son? This is an unbelievable horror story.
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Name Withheld Ontario Had Similar Case
I
live in Ontario, Canada. We had a very similar case of ‘family abuse’
in Aylmer, Ontario in the past 2 months (http://www.childrentaken.com). In
the case in Aylmer, the Children’s Aid Society withheld their reasons
for taking the kids until the court case. In the court case, the
parents were accused only of “not promising not to spank [corporal
discipline] their kids.” Section 43 of the Canadian criminal code
guarantees parents the right to use “reasonable force” to discipline
their children. What
is the DSS’s story on this mother? Have they accused her of anything
more than your article mentions, not keeping her kids off the streets
and feeding her baby improperly? I don’t want to jump to conclusions.
I want to have all the facts and opinions. -
Joel Kidd DSS Setting Terrible Precedent
As
a father, I would be hard-pressed to allow anyone to take my child
from me. This woman needs serious support from the lawyers. The
DSS ought to be investigated. I
only hope that a judge somewhere will see though this premeditated
act of abduction by the DSS. Shame on the DSS and law enforcement
in Massachusetts. Who are they to take someone’s child? It’s time
for all of us to take a stand against these so-called public servants
who are commissioned to “protect and serve.” What
kind of precedent would this set if child protective services can
take our children away from us at will? -
Jim Greene Rule of Law Is Dead
After
reading your recent story about the state’s kidnapping of Diana
Ross’s newborn from a hospital maternity ward, I can only conclude
that the rule-of-law is dead in Massachusetts. Is
there a prosecutor in the state with the brains, guts and heart
to take this action? Or do they all believe, as the DSS et al appear
to, that the government’s declaration of ownership of all children
is valid? If so, it is too late for all of us; welcome to the USSA
(United Soviet Socialist America). -
Sam Earle Mass. Tops California in Bad Liberals
I
thought our liberals over here in CA were bad enough, but your Kennedy-loving
liberals take the cake. -
Name Withheld Too Easy to Make Abuse Claim
Diana
Ross is just one of hundreds of mothers who suffer at the hands
of judges looking for another term and untrained social workers
who thrive on the power to destroy the lives of those on their client
case load. Kids, teachers, neighbors and relatives can just pick
up a phone and make an accusation for no other reason than as pay-back
for a supposed slight. -
Alice Pickett Ross Case Terrifying for Parents
I
was outraged to learn of the newborn taken from his mother almost
at birth. I am very interested in knowing what this woman did to
lose her children so decisively. It is terrifying for parents to
learn of such actions by the state. Is there anywhere I can seek
more details on this case?
-
Theresa Brewton DSS Act Is Criminal
Well,
I have heard of a lot of odd and downright corrupt things happening
in Mass. for years. However, snatching a newborn baby out of the
birthmother’s arms that soon after birth is criminal. What is going
on with this so-called Welfare Department? I hope this mother and
a lawyer “burns you
a good one”! -
Gaye Sullivan How Dare DSS?
How
dare DSS snatch a baby from the mother in a hospital room? How can
we bring action against such Gestapo tactics? This is going on more
and more with Children’s Protection Agency here in California, INS
and DSS. No government agent has a right to take a baby away from
its mother. -
Lois Education More Effective Than
Kidnapping
We
need to educate mothers and fathers on rearing their children so
they can be productive members of society. These families need caring
agency employees that have experience in their own lives with children.
You can’t learn it from a book. It takes living it everyday to understand
how stressful your life can be and then add children to it who expect
you to know and do everything. Please
don’t let this issue go by the wayside. It deserves more press coverage
than Mr. Condit and as much as Miss Levy’s disappearance. -
Donna Devaney Unmarried Shouldn’t Have Children
Why
did she continue to have children out of wedlock? Maybe I’m old
fashioned, but I think only married couples should have children.
There was no need for pregnancies even if she needed sex. Children
need a stable home life with a Mom and a Dad. The sad state of society
today is due to unmarried parents who do not provide loving care
and guidance. - Dee Would Like Case HistoryAlthough
I don’t know all the scoop on the reasons why DSS took the first
two children, it seems like an overzealous social worker was trying
to prove culpability at any cost! It would be nice to have a link
to the past story about the original dealings with the first children.
This would make the story clearer and seem more objective. Good
luck, Ms. Ross. -
David Karpien DSS Protects Children From What?
I
think the good and honorable citizens of Massachuetts need at once
to take a stand against this dictatorial power called DSS. I believe
they should march to the main office and demand the release of this
child to his mother. They should demand that their representatives
immediately cease funding to this Nazi-like agency that is overrun
by social radicals and coddled by corrupt politicians. DSS
is out of control and this must be stopped. They claim to protect
children, but what are they protecting children from? Their parents
who want to raise them? - Mike Sullivan DSS Has It Backwards
I
am appalled that a government agency has and can act in such an
inappropriate manner. And the hospital seems to have equal blame.
How can anyone see if the mother was in any way neglecting this
infant in such a few short hours after birth? If Ms. Ross is getting
any psychological help, I can see no reason why she should not have
custody of her children. DSS
should provide help so these children and their mother can have
a happy and decent life together, not apart. -
Susan Le Dour No Accountability
Even
the President is accountable, why isn’t Social Services? -
A. Cicirello III Where’s Daddy?
Why
is there no mention of the father or fathers of these kids who have
been seized by the DSS? Where are they? Why does this woman keep
cranking out kids, and does she work or is she another suckling,
gulping down aid and tax relief from the government? Where’s Daddy?
-
D. Lawson Story Too Incredible
You
must be withholding some important facts in this story because it
is too incredible to believe. -
Toni Krehel, AP Editor’s Comment:
DSS always acts in secret to “protect the child.” We have printed
everything they have told us and more. America or China?
I
am in absolute outrage at the conduct of this “public” agency! What
gives them the right to think that they can make their own laws
and conduct their business anyway that they choose? If
there was reasonable neglect proven, fine, do something about it.
But to arbitrarily come into a woman’s hospital room and take her
infant is unpardonable! Excuse me, but is this not still America
we live in and not China? -
Jackie Giles Publish DSS’s Email
You
all should publish DSS’s email address, if they have one. I, and
I’m sure others too, would like to say something to these people
who steal babies for funds. You should also publish the phone numbers
and email addresses for the feds that give the money to these whacko
agencies. - Name Withheld Abuse Investigator Admits System
Fails Children
Having
spent more than eight years as an investigator of child abuse and
neglect at DCFS in Illinois, I saw many situations that were handled
unequally. More details would be needed as to why the two older
boys were in custody. Is this a chronic neglect issue, i.e. lack
of good supervision, failing to feed an infant an adequate diet,
failure to thrive or substance abuse or domestic violence, etc.?
I
have also adopted four special needs kids and done foster care.
The system is the Titanic. It is failing all over the place, with
untrained workers, job burnout and overloaded caseloads. The
foster care system must be changed ASAP, probably to a group-home
model. The children have so many physical, emotional and mental
problems by the time they are taken into protective custody. Many
times they bounce from placement to placement and have reactive
attachment disorders and worse. Things must change. -
P.J. Anderson Gay Foster Home Is Wrong
I
do not know whether the children should go home, but I do know that
being placed in a gay home is wrong. If those gay men want a child,
they should have their own by some other method. I
do believe that the mother should have a chance with her baby and
be taught how to be a better parent. -
Tammy Bell Keep Coverage Coming
I
was completely shocked to hear of the events surrounding this story.
It makes me wonder what is happening to the notion of liberty here
in America. I
support your coverage of this issue and urge you to please continue
to cover this story in earnest until it is, hopefully justly, resolved. -
Jonathan Hobson MassNews is ‘Window’
Thanks
to the Massachusetts News, we in the humble state of Texas can see
where the left is trying to drag the rest of the country. Between
the Boston Globe’s hysterical revisionism and the DSS kidnapping
operation, we in the Lone Star State have been provided a window
into the clear and present danger of allowing the left anywhere
near the levers of power. -
Randall Dunning Where is Gov. Swift?
When
I lived in the state of Washington, there was an uproar over the
Dept. of Social Services sending a young boy to live with a gay
man in New York City even though his grandmother wanted the child.
Now the storm troopers of Mass. are doing the same thing. Where
the hell is the governor, a new mother herself, in this case? Where
is the outrage among the citizens? -
John Fedor Kennedy Will Get ‘Piece of My
Mind’
Is
there anyway to send this to VP Cheney and his wife? Also, please
email ACFC and Stephen Baskerville, or email this story to me so
I can forward. What devastation! I hate what is being done to fathers
and children. Ted Kennedy will get a piece of my mind. -
Melanie Cummings Article Poorly Written
This
article was so poorly researched and written that I am appalled
it was even published. It is apparent that Mr. Oliver sympathizes
with the mother and perhaps I would, too, if I knew why her other
two children were seized in the first place. Unfortunately,
Mr. Oliver doesn’t give us that information. It seems to me the
whole purpose of this article is to drum up support for Ms. Ross
without presenting all the facts. That’s
not news; it’s commentary. -
L. Moore Editor’s Comment:
The question as to why her other two children were seized has nothing
to do with following the law with this infant. Under our law, DSS
can not send the state police to seize any child from its parent
without a judge’s approval before the seizure. As to whether the
other two children were lawfully seized, we have printed everything
we know about those seizures. When you realize how lawlessly DSS
acted in this case, you must wonder about the other cases. Don’t
forget that every attractive child that DSS can seize and adopt
out gives them more money from the federal government which amounts
to over $100 million/year in bonuses just to the Massachusetts DSS.
And they get to keep that money in addition to their annual budget.
None of it goes into the general treasury of the state. Life Ruined by DSS
I
am a 49-year-old woman and I despise the Social Services. They took
me away from my dad when I was 18 months old. My mom never signed
any paper giving me up and she went to court to get me. My dad and
mom were separated at the time. Dad was giving my mom time to find
a job and a place to live and then mom was going to take me with
her. I hate this organization with everything in me. I was adopted
out and never knew my mom. She was only 37 when she died. I would
love to be in the position to fire everyone that works for that
organization. God help those who have had their families destroyed
by them. I ask that God give them comfort and give them the courage
to fight this satanic organization. - Name Withheld Terrible Situation
Congratulations
to you on your vociferous reporting of this terrible situation.
What can be done to help this family become reunited? This is such
a shame and a sham. The system must be changed. -
Name Withheld Outrageous!
This
is outrageous! Tell me what I can do. -
Russ Kramer Doing Documentary
Saw
your story in Sunday’s E-paper of the Massachusetts News and was
interested in following it up to incorporate into a documentary
we’re working on. -
Lance Flores Nation Gone MadAre
we a nation gone mad? I am very distressed with the federal and
state intervention into our lives under the guise of protection.
This is such an epitome of what happens when a nation rejects God
and the Bible: The standard of conduct becomes what our evil hearts
can conjure up. God help us! -
Steven J. Napoletan Society Damned
I
hope that Diana Ross gets her children back. I don’t know her or
the reason for the initial contact with DSS. If it is truly based
on the fact that one of her children got outside without her supervision,
then life and freedom in America has been seriously eroded. I hope
our federal government is not supporting such activity. If it is,
we are damned as a society. -
Steve DSS Should Be JailedThere
are DSS people in your state that should be in jail for child abuse
and murder. If it were my newspaper, this would be headline news
everyday until the political pressure brought about justice in this
case. -
Tom Graves Wake Up, MassachusettsHow
an agency that is set up to protect a child can place two boys in
the custody of homosexuals is unfathomable and unacceptable. Will
the people of Massachusetts not stand up for what is right? What
has the state of our God-fearing nation come to?
Don’t
let DSS, which is supposed to be a civil servant, turn on its master
and rend the hands that it represents. Please, people of Massachusetts,
wake up and show your courage, guts and determination. -
Roy Barrus What About Constitutional Rights?
Where
are the mother’s constitutional rights here? How did our government
become so powerful that we essentially have no recourse for such
abuses? My fear is that things are going to get a whole lot worse. I
was amazed to see this honest, hard-hitting coverage by a Northeastern
newspaper. It won’t be long before the Clintonistas try to close
you down. -
Bill Tait Arkansas Reader Appalled
This
story is appalling. Here in lowly Arkansas, I know that there would
be a number of DSS employees visiting the county correctional facility
for this kind of behavior. Apparently we have a clearer idea of
what constitutes child welfare down here. And our judges enforce
it. -
Chris Clendenen U.S. Victim of ‘Scaremongering’
If
there’s ever been a ploy in this country to justify ethically questionable
actions, it is to use “the welfare of the children.” This case epitomizes
this oft-used trick. Despite the obvious transgressions on Mrs.
Ross’ rights (i.e. right to pursue happiness), the DSS hides behind
obfuscated justifications (i.e. unspecified mental health evaluations,
etc.) and the claim that they are “helping” her children. Our
country has been scaremongered by such groups/agencies to the point
where you can barely yell at (much less spank) your child, without
the possibility of being accused of “abuse.” Considering the conflict
of interest involving bonuses for adoptions, perhaps we need to
evaluate our entire foster care system. In
addition, under no circumstances should foster children be placed
in homosexual care. Regardless of claims by homosexuals that they
can provide a “loving” environment, such a household is insufficient
in providing the needs of young children. Children need a father
and a mother, period. -
Jason Eklund Example of ‘World Gone Mad’
What
an example of a world gone mad! How can they justify doing such
a thing, particularly with the nursing notes and doctor’s assessment
that clearly point to the contrary?
And
to put the children in homes with unmarried and/or homosexual couples.
Have they completely lost touch with rational thought?
The
actions of DSS leave little to no doubt that they have a personal
agenda in this case. There are particular positions and specific
names that are behind this system of abhorrent behavior. Please
provide guidance as to who would best be served with a little political
outrage. There is a lot of ‘wrong’ in this world, too much for an
individual to address all of it. But some things just have to get
you out of your seat. -
J. Welton Talked Out of Mass.
Thanks
for the tip. I’m searching for my next job, and Mass. is right off
the list. Please let us (We, the People) know when y’all get those
dogs (DSS) leashed. -
Mark Lukey, P.E. Mass. Has Mixed Priorities
The
offenses against these boys by the state system are more egregious
than anything the mother has ever done, so why is she being punished
while the state gets to call all the shots? In what insane world
do we allow this? What
judge is allowed to remain on the bench while pandering to Social
Services to the detriment and possible death of children? Is it
more important that the state maintains control or that the children
are cared for? Seems to me in Massachusetts, the State comes first,
children are last. -
Tim Rowland Wants to Donate to Ross’s AttorneyPlease
tell me that there is contact information to send funds to attorney
Greg Hession on behalf of Diana Ross. I have seen more articles
this week of this nature, and it just makes me sick to watch a government
agency out of control. -
Doug Ingram Wishes to Help RossDSS
is a government-sanctioned kidnapper. One
of Ross’ sons is dead because of these power-drunk bureau-rats,
and what they do “for the children.” Where is the accountability?
The courts are always siding with these kidnappers. When are people
going to say “Enough!?” I would like to help Ms. Ross in some way.
-
Andrew Schmoldt ‘Incensed’ Reader Requests Contact
Info
I
have just finished reading the article about Diana Ross’ children
being removed from her care. I am absolutely incensed! Do you have
contact information for the local DSS or for county prosecutors
so I can voice my outrage over this poor family’s treatment? It
is absolutely criminal that they have ripped this brand new baby
out of his loving mother’s arms.
-
Cathleen Ellis Mother Glad Not To Be In Mass.
I
have two children and after reading that article I thanked the Lord
that I was not in your state when I gave birth to them. I remember
what it was like to give birth and then to begin the care of those
little babies, much less attend to my own physical needs. It would
seem Big Brother and the police state are alive and well with you. -
D.L. Talsma Moms Often Take Time to Learn
It’s
not unusual in the acute care hospital setting for new moms to seem
as if they’re not doing the feeding the “right way” or for them
to seem somewhat disconnected from care of their newborn.
That’s
why we have OB and Ped nurses: to help out and to encourage new
moms in the appropriate manner. Follow-up after hospital discharge
is also available to help new moms cope and develop the appropriate
caring needed for newborns. To
say, shortly after birth, that the mom is negligent reeks of state
meddling. Who is overseeing the state’s role in this? I sincerely
hope Ms. Ross’s attorney is able to hold the state accountable.
Heavy-handed government power is not in anyone’s best interest. -
Dr. C. Fultz Thanks for Publicizing Injustice
I
commend you on exposing the Nazi/Gestapo-like tactics of the DSS.
Please continue to publicize the injustices of the DSS by supporting
this poor, unfortunate, grief-stricken mother. As
of today, I am a devoted reader of The Massachusetts News website,
and will email a link to your website to everyone I know! May God
bless you and your staff in your excellent work! -
Mark Normand Mothers Need To Know Options
From
the 1950’s through the 1970’s, children were taken from their single
mothers by means of adoption. Young mothers were never told of options
available to them that would enable them to keep their children.
The people “in charge” were basically the same DSS people who are
in charge now. Freedom
in this great country of ours is quickly becoming a distant memory
when the government can come in and terrorize a small family, removing
the sense of safety and comfort of home so a couple of gay guys
can adopt. -
Dawn Adams What Did She Do To Deserve This?
What
did [Diana Ross] do to have her children taken away? Was she beating
her children until they bled? Making them do sexual acts? Breaking
their bones? Acting psychotic towards them and emotionally battering?
If
she didn’t do anything like that, she needs to get a really good
attorney and get her children back, plus $2.5 million to help herself
and her family through what she has gone through. Please let me
know what she has done to deserve this. -
Sandra Zimmerman Case Shows Direction of Future
Frankly,
I think I’ll have to eat my Tums like candy for the rest of the
day as this story has such an acrid smell to it. This case shows
a blatant disregard for the law by the DSS, a clear show of disregard
by Circuit Judge Dunbar and frankly, I feel the FBI should be called
in to investigate kidnapping and extortion charges against the DSS. I
was appalled, but then it came to me. This is probably the direction
of the future in the “Land of the Kennedy’s.” I hope your readers
enjoy their stay in what seems to be the first communistic socialist
bloc in America. -
Randy Tice ‘Vendetta’ Comes to Mind
I
am outraged at how the DSS is handling Ms. Ross’s children. Where
do they have the right to come in and steal someone else’s baby?
How can any government agency get away with such obvious hostile
actions towards a citizen of its own country? The
word “vendetta” comes to mind with regard to how the DSS is handling
this case. This sounds like a case out of a country with no freedom
rather than America, the land of the free.
-
Sheila C. Bruins Psychologist Decries Case
Sadly,
this episode reinforces my opinion of a state that has produced
such sterling characters as Sen. Edward Kennedy and Michael Dukakis.
The list could go on! This
sounds like a poorly written “made-for TV” movie. Our founding fathers,
many from the colony of Mass., must be rolling in their graves.
Deviants adopting children, conspiratorial nurses. Heaven help you
all. -
Mark R. Tims, Major, USAF, BSC Staying Away From Mass.
I
refuse to ever return to Massachusetts because it has shown me that
its government is as tyrannical as a dictatorship and the people
are nothing but sheep that could care less as long as they are comfortable.
Whatever
happened to a government that is run by the people?
-
Ralph E. Zecco. Pro-lifer Asks for Help
I
am a pro-life woman who regularly stands outside Planned Parenthood
in Allston trying to offer assistance to mothers entering its doors.
I am asking your readers to consider joining me and some other women
and men on the sidewalk, at least once a month. Abortions
have picked up considerably, particularly on Saturdays, when we
can see upwards of ten to twenty girls approaching with their boyfriends,
husbands or parents. We can be much more effective for that mother
if she can see a group of people willing to affirm the existence
of her unborn child and offer her an alternative to what she in
her heart knows is wrong.
Planned
Parenthood is right next to the Star Market on Commonwealth Avenue,
near Boston University. There is metered parking on the streets
behind at quite a reasonable rate. If a person would come just for
an hour or two, one day a week, or one day a month, it would be
so helpful to us and so much more convincing to the girls. For
further information, please access www.orboston.org. -
Ruth Schiavone Hunter Frustrated With Mass.
I
have hunted in Massachusetts ever since I was a young boy. It is
very frustrating seeing the woods that I once hunted on turn into
developed land. Deer are able to survive in these sprawling suburb
conditions because of the abundance of food and the lack of hunting
pressure. Additionally, because of the deteriorating social conditions
that discourage a healthy father-son relationship, people are not
hunting anymore. With
decreasing available land, the lack of hunters and the anti-hunting
sentiment of Massachusetts, deer populations will continue to rise
and overpopulate the carrying capacity of their environment. -
Travis Veracka Luisi’s Children Taken For Granted
I
have recently read the story of Dave Pelzer, a seriously abused
child in California in the 1960’s. It should be required reading
for all of the judges, the DSS and especially the poverty lawyers.
Maybe then children would be more than just a paycheck to each and
every one of them. When they pay their bills or grocery shop I wonder
if they will even give the Luisi children a passing thought? David
Luisi’s love for his children is stronger than all of the judges,
the DSS and the poverty lawyers, as is his children’s love for him.
-
Marsha Benedetti Missouri Reader Appreciates ‘Balanced
News’
I
found your website through a link from WorldNetDaily.com.
The articles were well written and seemed fair in their content.
I can appreciate the work you are doing, and I am pleasantly surprised
to see such balanced news coverage coming from an area of the country
that many consider a bastion of liberal thought.
I
got a smile from some of your shots at the Globe and can only imagine
what you must think about Sen. Kennedy. (We have to put up with
Rep. Gephardt.) Thank
you for saying what most of us are thinking. -
G. Wayne Grooms News Reported Nowhere Else
I
found your newspaper online through Worthynews
and am glad I did. I found it refreshing and most informative. More
so than our local papers. It’s interesting to see the articles here
and nowhere else. -
David Lathrop Goodman Is Wrong on Divorce Stats
Ellen
Goodman of the Globe is wrong: one in two marriages doesn’t end
in divorce. There
were 1,000,000 divorces and 2,000,000 marriages that year. But the
total number of marriages is growing faster than the total number
of divorces. That
1 in 2 marriage ends in divorce is just a lie. -
John McCay Senators Fail Constituent
Over
the last two years I have written to Sen. Kennedy, Sen. Kerry and
Rep. Frank on numerous occasions regarding my disdain for the over
abundance of anti-gun legislation in Massachusetts. I have also
expressed my disappointment in the lack of crime bills, as well
as the lackadaisical enforcement of current crime laws on the books
by the federal and state governments alike. First,
there was not a single issue in my letters to these representatives
that had any type of legitimate reply given. I felt as though my
intelligence was insulted by the manufactured responses I received.
I further pursued this issue with each representative by sending
a very disgruntled letter. The
only response I received was from Rep. Frank, who insisted his initial
reply was genuine and of his own hand. The tone of his letter seemed
to show that I might have irritated him. Regardless, I have since
had numerous letters to and from Rep. Frank. Perhaps I caught his
attention. From
our two honorable Senators I have heard nothing! It seems clear
to me that these two feel that one poorly justified note is acceptable
for the issues that I have contacted them on. I
live in Massachusetts. I pay Massachusetts taxes. I feel I deserve
at least a thorough, justified response from someone who has read
my letters because it is quite clear, based on the replies, that
my letters were not read. I have since written additional letters
with no responses to speak of from either Senator. This
is a very disappointing situation that I believe is not isolated
to Massachusetts. I hope that the next time people vote, they take
this disappointing reality to the booth. -
Bart Harrison Schools Under-Preparing Middle
Class Students
The
article by Paul Moreno entitled “Is your College Overpriced and
Fraudulent?” is timely in light of last week’s release of “The Nation’s
Report Card.” The
modern economy demands ever more professional skills and disciplines
work habits. Young people entering the work force from third-rate
schools that give easy diplomas won’t have a chance at good jobs. Consider:
The
bottom line is that the American middle class is sinking. Their
children aren’t qualified to fill the high paying technical jobs,
so employers are hiring foreigners by the hundreds of thousands.
If America doesn’t improve its schools, America’s middle class will
become the new proletariat. Moreno
hit the nail on the head. The schools should re-establish the standards
they used to have and start teaching the students the skills and
disciplines they will need to compete in the real world. -
W.S. Lack of Shared Parenting Encourages
Divorce
Imagine,
taking children away from their mothers! Imagine, taking children
away from their fathers! You
need not travel far to witness a little true democracy and all its
benefits. Vermont (as well as some other states) recognizes “shared
parenting.” The lack of shared parenting in Massachusetts and the
unjust laws surrounding restraining orders only promote separation/divorce.
This makes it very desirable for women to abandon and thus smear
the sanctimonious relationship of marriage. Massachusetts
Shared Parenting Bill S813 is currently tabled in Judiciary, perhaps
forever; please write your reps and senators and tell them how you
feel about this bill. -
Frederic Kotowitz Bible Ripe With Barbarous Acts
Since
you wanted to know (See “Editor’s Comment” in August 2001 issue)
what Bible I had read that condoned such barbarous acts, I’ve found
those passages for you. I don’t expect you to post this letter with
the others, because it shows exactly the depravity fostered by your
“Bible.”
Such
a wonderful way to raise children!!! Are
you going to post this as well, you hypocrites? -
Scott Summers Editor’s Comment:
As we told you when you wrote your last letter, the Bible is a living
history of people, some ordinary and some outstanding, but all of
them fell short of God’s glory. According to the Bible, this did
not please God. Apparently you are
going to some source to get this material and you do not have the
most rudimentary knowledge of the Jewish or Christian Bible.
Do you believe that
the behavior you relate pleases God? It does not. That is why Israel
fell, because it lost His protection because of those practices
which the Jews called “sin.” To believe that God condones what goes
on in the world is to not understand His message. Republicans in the Bible?
I
received a copy of the Massachusetts News in the mail and read it
carefully. May
I quote from Scriptures: “The road to hell is paved with right-wing
Republicans.” -
J. Alfred Grant MassNews is 'Alarmist'
I
did not subscribe to your hate-filled, alarmist publication. Do
not send me another copy. My
partner and I live in a town that stands against hate. We live our
lives encouraging others to embrace diversity of all kinds. The
writers and readers of your newspaper are clearly entitled to their
opinions, however closed-minded, paranoid and angry, but I cannot
stand to have this propaganda enter my home. I am deeply saddened
by the hatred and bigotry evident in your articles. -
Sarah Mochak
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