Steelplate
Bluesman
Define orphan and you may find your answer.Again,
I didn't cause his autism. I'm not the fault of his condition. Why do you think it is my responsibility to provide for him?
Saying things like "I could have aborted him", and "let him wander away and drown as a child in a nearby river", is taking things to an extreme. I've never advocated any such action on your part.
There used to be a time when people that were disabled were taken care of voluntarily by their community. Somehow, that has turned into forcing the taxpayer (community) to take care of them. Forcing me to give part of my earnings to support another is at best involuntary servitude (which is illegal for me to do) and at worst slavery (also illegal for me to do). Surely you agree that it is both legally and morally wrong for me to force you to financially support my children. The governments taxation actions may have made those acts legal (for the government to do), but it doesn't make them morally right.
Bullshit...they were put away in orphanges, then state schools and hospitals....unless you're going back to the Revolutionary war days...
The institution I work for? Has been open since the late 1800's. It was an epileptic colony in the very beginning then by 1900, it was talking in the developmentally disabled....but included in those ranks were autistics, mentally ill and kids that no one wanted.
I've been in this field for almost 25 years... trust me....you don't know Jack about this stuff.