Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's Restaurants, wanted to do something good to help children, so he set up the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. But perhaps Dave didn't realize all the ramifications of this decision. Perhaps he didn't realize that adoption isn't what it used to be.

Years ago, before child welfare services was created by federal laws in the seventies and eighties, adoption happened when a woman decided that her child (usually an infant) would be better off raised by another family. This is usually not the adoption scenario of today.

Today's adoptions, most of them, are happening because child welfare service agents have detained a child and convinced a judge to keep that child in state custody long enough for the parents' rights to be terminated.

"Sure," you might say, "these are parents who have been accused of child abuse or neglect. Should we care about them?" Well... I think so!! And the reason I think we need to care is that many of the child detentions are based on extremely flimsy, trivial, marginal charges. In fact, most of these charges are so trivial, no criminal charges are ever filed against the parents. Instead they are handled in juvenile court, where parents don't have constitutional due-process rights, but they lose that which is most dear to them: their flesh and blood children.

Most juvenile courts are closed to the press and public, so nobody can see the travesty of justice that goes on there.

Examples -- all real case scenarios:

Infant detained by CPS because father battered mother before baby was born. Rather than helping the mother to leave the batterer, the child is taken from mother's loving care.

Four attractive, young, blond children detained because social worker didn't approve of the use of a broken fan and absence of a child safety gate on a stairway. Instead of purchasing these low-cost items, the children were taken into state custody and taxpayers spent thousands on unwanted "services" for this family.

Mother used drugs. Child detained. Mother told to go to NA meetings. She quit using drugs, using a different program instead. Because she didn't use the NA program, her parental rights were terminated.

Mother requested emergency temporary housing help for her children due to illness. She did everything she could to complete a reunification program, yet the state never would give these very young, adoptable children back. They were released for adoption.

Autistic children taken into state custody for no reason other than that they are autistic. Parents are not accused of any type of abuse or neglect -- it is simply alleged that the child would be better off in state care because of the disability.

Is This Fair?

I could give numerous other examples, but I am sure you understand -- none of these children were being abused or neglected. I am sure for every case that comes to my attention, there are thousands and thousands of other similar cases out there where parents are being persecuted because they have given birth to cute, adoptable children that our states can get federal money for by putting them in foster homes then adopting them out.

Yes, this is a U.S. Government Money Scam. These children are worth money to local and state governments, to social workers, and to "service providers" like psychologists and foster contractors. For the Almighty Dollar, thousands upon thousands of American families are being systematically destroyed without just cause. Is this fair? Would you accept it happening to your family?

Abusive Oregon, for Example:

We believe that all the states are abusing families via unjust child detentions, however for a moment, let's focus on Oregon... which is fairly typical.

Many child welfare cases are not really about child abuse or neglect at all! Looking at Oregon's 1999 statistics, for example, we find that 2822 child welfare investigations were done for reasons of physical or sexual abuse. Another 3117 children were investigated for reasons of neglect and "psychological abuse". Still another 7,725 investigations were for "other". That's 5939 possible, suspected physical abuse or neglect cases (most of which are incredibly marginal incidents) and the largest group, "other", 7,725 incidents. Do you see, clearly, that most incidents are not even classified as abuse or neglect? Don't you wonder what all those "other" cases are?

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Those who choose to ignore the crying out of America's oppressed are beyond my understanding. As a concerned citizen I am outraged, and have become a conscientious objector to all such horrendous injustice!

Therefore I call upon the public to join me in a nation-wide boycott of Wendy's Restaurants. I and many others have written to Dave Thomas on this issue. I never received a response. It is time for greater action.

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My Unanswered Letter to Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's Restaurants:
[This was sent before he passed away.]

January 26, 2001

Dave Thomas
303 E. Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215

Mr. Thomas,

I am distressed to learn that Wendy's restaurants are donating to and assisting the federal adoption industry. I am a former customer, and will boycott your business and encourage others to boycott until I hear that you are no longer aiding them in their forced removals of non-abused, non-neglected children from families based on poverty factors or risk assessments, and adoption out of the same children to wealthier families. I will be putting up a webpage to let others know that you participate by helping this government funded adoption industry. One family destroyed is too many, but there have been thousands. This injustice cannot be ignored.

Linda Martin

Protest CBS Adoption Special
(Adoption isn't what it used to be, folks)
https://www.angelfire.com/pr/fightcps

Fight CPS And Win
http://www.fightcps.com

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