Monday, May 19, 2008

What would Jesus do?

After warning, family of autistic teen attends different church

The gist: Church of St. Joseph bans autistic teen from church and has received a restraining order against him. Arrest of mother was threatened if restraining order was violated. Mother considers violating restraining order, but decides to go to a neighboring community's Catholic church instead. They have no problem there.

I'm sure that's what Jesus would have done: file a restraining order.

In fairness, the accounts of the teen sound fairly disruptive. Some members of the church felt their safety was in danger, though that could have a lot to do with people not fully understanding autism. It sounds like the church did not even try to offer any accommodation to resolve these concerns beyond banning the kid when their tolerance ran out.

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