The reason Social and Family Services do not disclose information is primarily as protection of privacy to the children. When this goes before a court it most likely will become public knowledge. You are entitled to have your conspiracy theories about the government, but until you have worked with Social and Family Services and understand the system it might be best to keep your theories about something you know absolutely nothing about to yourself. You are entitled to your opinion as well as anyone else. But you are stating your opinion as if it's fact and it could not be further from it.
The fact is the parents hold wildly unpopular political beliefs and that their children were taken from them and the government did not publicly (or privately to the police) disclose why. That's not a conspiracy theory, that's a
fact.
You must admit that you too have no other fact in this matter than I do and your exhortation to trust government in this case is therefore no more valid than mine to force government to prove there is some other motive than the political beliefs of the children. In such a case, it is then the responsibility of government to prove it acted in the interest of the children.
Many in government believe they are acting in the best interest of others. The road to Hell, after all, is paved with good intentions. The fact however, may be very different and to sever a parent from a child, the most intrinsic and life-defining bond there is, requires a government to act with the utmost care and that is not in evidence. Faith that government will do the right thing is all well and good but history has proven that is not always the case. Well-meaning agencies and bureaucrats frequently overreach their authority.
I am not saying the government of New Jersey has acted improperly in this case, but I am demanding that the government of New Jersey prove that it acted within the law. Any government entity acting within the law should have no qualm or worry about proving such a thing.
In our system of justice and government, the default advantage is given to those who government seeks to control whether through act of law or incarceration. As American citizens we have particular rights which government cannot transgress under even the most sacrosanct of guises. It is not improper, indeed it is incumbent upon us, to hold government responsible for its actions. Desire to do good deeds and blind trust of those who act in the name of government is not enough to justify vacation of that scrutiny which we as citizens must apply to our government.
