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niyad

(113,487 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 12:35 PM Mar 2015

the harris thing gets uglier and uglier:Ark. Rep. Justin Harris Had Daughters’ Demons ‘Exorcised’

Ark. Rep. Justin Harris Had Daughters’ Demons ‘Exorcised’ Before ‘Rehoming’ Them With A Rapist


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The power of Derp compels him

The sad, ugly saga of Justin Harris and the “rehoming” of his two adopted daughters just morphed into a B-movie horror flick. According to several people who knew the Harrises, the super-Christian Arkansas state rep. and his wife, Marsha, believed the young girls were possessed by demons and hired “specialists” to drive Satan from the children’s tiny bodies. They also kept their six-year-old adoptive daughter locked and isolated in her toyless room with just a video camera to watch her so she couldn’t “communicate telepathically” with her four-year-old sister. (ummm, marsha, if people can communicate telepathically, distance does not matter, nor do things like doors, locks, etc.)
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“Exorcisms and telepathy are not part of the Harrises’ religious practice. They followed the techniques in a book called When Love Is Not Enough, a Parent’s Guide to Reactive Attachment Disorder by Nancy Thomas, who is a recognized expert on therapeutic parenting techniques.”

Amazon reviews of Thomas’s book detail some of her therapeutic advice:

“In the beginning, rewards and bonuses should be food, clothing or necessities.”

“In the beginning, your child should learn to ask for everything. They must ask to go to the bathroom, to get a drink of water, EVERYTHING. When it starts to feel like they must ask to breathe, you are on the right track.”

“The alarm on the bedroom door establishes a very clear physical limit for the child. When the alarm is working, day or night, the child can be controlled by being placed in the bedroom … There needs to be a very substantial consequence for opening the door after being told not to. In my house, for children over 5, it is 100 to 500 (depending on their age) pushups interspersed throughout the day for a number of days and no privileges until they are complete.”
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Attorney Wells’s statement did not address the specific claims made by Goldsborough and by other sources, but for the moment, we’re perfectly open to the possibility that the Harrises are in deep damage control mode, and that it is entirely possible that a couple of folks who run “Growing God’s Kingdom” preschool — almost exclusively through government funding, by the way — just might believe that demons are responsible for abused children’s behavioral difficulties.

Read more at http://wonkette.com/579216/ark-rep-justin-harris-had-daughters-demons-exorcised-before-rehoming-them-with-a-rapist#ygKc83A2e0ofYGlT.99

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the harris thing gets uglier and uglier:Ark. Rep. Justin Harris Had Daughters’ Demons ‘Exorcised’ (Original Post) niyad Mar 2015 OP
These are some sick, sick people. demmiblue Mar 2015 #1
my heart breaks for the girls, and for every single child placed in their "care". niyad Mar 2015 #2
Taking money from the government Tsiyu Mar 2015 #16
Can't believe this guy is a representative. He's a crazy child abusing fanatic. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #3
But it's not "cruelty" if it's done in the name hifiguy Mar 2015 #9
most religious people don't believe in demon possession and can tell child abuse when they see it. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #10
Unfortunately, Arkansas seems to be reverting back to the days Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #11
That parenting 'advice' sounds like a Zimbardo prison experiment ck4829 Mar 2015 #4
it is frightening that the person is regarded as an "expert"-- like dobson niyad Mar 2015 #5
Freaking religious child abusers... Daemonaquila Mar 2015 #6
How can state funding of these religious schools be legal? nt Trillo Mar 2015 #7
This vicious, ignorant fuckstick belongs hifiguy Mar 2015 #8
nancy Thomas needs to do 500 pushups onethatcares Mar 2015 #12
If he floats he is a warlock... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #14
the wiccan rede says, "an it harm NONE, do as thou wilt." please do not insult witches by comparing niyad Mar 2015 #15
What in the unholy fuck? nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #13
This is nothing but child abuse protected under the guise of religion anotojefiremnesuka Mar 2015 #17
Here is a lengthy article from the Arkansas paper Skidmore Mar 2015 #18
thank you for that article, I have been trying to read everything I can about this niyad Mar 2015 #20
. . . niyad Mar 2015 #19

demmiblue

(36,873 posts)
1. These are some sick, sick people.
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 12:42 PM
Mar 2015

They should be charged with child neglect and abandonment, in the very least.

Those poor little girls.

niyad

(113,487 posts)
2. my heart breaks for the girls, and for every single child placed in their "care".
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 12:52 PM
Mar 2015

don't forget, not only does he run a religious "preschool" (growing god's kingdom), but he is chair of the committee that oversees the dhs and child protective services.

Tsiyu

(18,186 posts)
16. Taking money from the government
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 04:52 AM
Mar 2015

while promoting cutting help for others is another trait of this asshole.

What he and his wife did to those girls was criminal. That pair are a couple of sick, sick people who should have all of their kids taken away while they're locked up for a very long time. I fear for any child trapped in their daycare, and I hope the authorities keep a close watch on it.

Thankfully the girls are very happy and well-adjusted now, which gave me great peace to learn. I hope it does the same for you, niyad

FUCK harris and his wife. If there exists a Satan, they are its spawn for sure.


 

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)
3. Can't believe this guy is a representative. He's a crazy child abusing fanatic.
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 12:54 PM
Mar 2015

a 2 year old and a 6 year old. it's unbelievable how cruel some people can be.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
9. But it's not "cruelty" if it's done in the name
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 03:23 PM
Mar 2015

of some non-existent skydaddy. At least that's there proffered excuse.

 

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)
10. most religious people don't believe in demon possession and can tell child abuse when they see it.
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 07:35 PM
Mar 2015

in my experience. this goes way beyond anything most of the religious people I know would sign on to.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
11. Unfortunately, Arkansas seems to be reverting back to the days
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 07:44 PM
Mar 2015

when it was the butt of national jokes, a haven for yahoos as exemplified in stories such as "Huckleberry Finn", "The Arkansas Traveller", and "A Slow Train to Arkansas", and even in cartoons like "Hillbilly Hare", the Wacky Races, and the Flintstones (when Fred and Company visit their feuding relatives in "Arkanstone&quot

 

Daemonaquila

(1,712 posts)
6. Freaking religious child abusers...
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 02:46 PM
Mar 2015

Throw the book at them. Enough of the religious excuses. This crapstain needs to be thrown out of his cushy legislative job now, and both "parents" should be facing serious charges.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
8. This vicious, ignorant fuckstick belongs
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 03:21 PM
Mar 2015

in a soft room in a place surrounded by tall walls topped with razor wire. Hourly horse-sized shots of Thorazine should be a part of the package.

Anyone who believes in "demons" shouldn't be allowed to care for a cat, dog, or goldfish much less a child.

onethatcares

(16,177 posts)
12. nancy Thomas needs to do 500 pushups
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 08:05 PM
Mar 2015

she must be a fucking witch.

and this asshole Harris needs to be tossed in a pond with his hands tied. If he floats we'll believe
he's in the right and not a warlock.

these people are sick sons of worms and I apologize to the worms.

niyad

(113,487 posts)
15. the wiccan rede says, "an it harm NONE, do as thou wilt." please do not insult witches by comparing
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 09:22 PM
Mar 2015

them to these monsters.

niyad

(113,487 posts)
20. thank you for that article, I have been trying to read everything I can about this
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 06:11 PM
Mar 2015

sick and twisted and obscene horror. those two, and every single person who facilitated them getting those girls, deserves to spend the rest of their lives in jail. I know this will never happen, but one can hope.

quite frankly, if I were in that state, and one of them walked in front of my car, I think said car would suffer brake failure, at the very least.

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