I saw the following article posted on ACSOL, but was so offended I wanted to share it here too. A teacher in the UK was removed from her teaching position because she failed to disclose her relationship with a person required to register as a sex offender. WTF?!? so now there are not only restrictions on registrants but on their family and friends too?
This is one of the most concerning stories I’ve read in a while. As we see from the Caribbean countries creating registries and branding passports, countries like to jump on the bandwagon. How long will it be until some legislator in the US thinks it’s a good idea to require third parties to disclose their relationship with a person required to register or risk their employment? As it is; family and associates are required to have their vehicles registered, cohabitants are saddled with holiday restrictions and random and frequent police visits, and social media sites such as Nextdoor.com ban people just for sharing the same home as a registrant!
I think it’s time that family and cohabitants fight back! We promised to make 2019 the year of the family. Let’s pledge to make 2019 the year we bring a lawsuit on behalf of the innocent family members who are victims of these laws!
Here’s the story from the UK
So a friend stays with me for a week and is required to register his car. He didn’t register it because he claimed he won’t be subject to sex offender rules. So I can get in trouble for what someone else legally refuses to do? What insane laws.
The friend is not required to register his car. You are required to register your friend’s car.
I understand that I am suppose to register my friends car. He doesnt feel comfortable with it
Who is next ? Friends, neighbors and even family members disclosing their relationship with a registered citizen. They don’t want us to have a relationship with anyone.
I agree why should she be fired so if that would of been her brother fire her or tell her she can’t have her job and family thats totally wrong register doesn’t help anyone open eyes people there are alot that are on registery because of a sex sting no victiins at all others if so worry about it do they know actually what every neighbor is drug deals murder robber etc so leave registery alone research people the predators know their victiins family member etc someone kids trust regisyer people have innocent sibling going to kick them all out of schools day cares etc get real most of them did there time alot in government don’t get nothing and still have their job. So how is all these fair us stand for united (one) so why are people finger out let help stop all registery
Are they going to ask the teacher to disclose the details of that relationship as well ? How many times they did it and where ? Ridiculous.!
I agree
When States are allowed to show leniency towards all crimes except sex offender registrants what kind of message does that send. So what do you expect.
Some lawmaker(s) might be trolling this Forum for ideas. One never knows who reads these.
Maybe there should be a lawsuit started against this.This is 8th and 14th Amendment rights of the families of Register people. They being punished for knowing and supporting their love ones because the laws being created subject the families to harm, lost of income and number of other harmful burdens. No way can the defense can rebutted it. What they going to say its not their fault? It’s time for the Registers’ family to strike back. It is also time for lawmakers to be held accountable for their behavior as well.!!
Those amendments dont apply to England
Am I the only one that sits back and wonders this???
What is the government’s agenda to…… 1) Go to such great lengths to CREATE the highest number of sex offenders possible through endless laws that make them have to register and create endless stings to get them caught up in to become an offender and….
2) Make the RSO’s life so miserable and their families and friends too, that they don’t even want to live anymore??
**A lot of it has to do with this recent OBSESSION with so-called “child sex trafficking” and “human trafficking.” You even hear Trump talk about it all the time when referencing the wall. No doubt, it’s going on here and there in some parts of our country, but not overwhelmingly. And yes, it is a HORRIBLE thing for anyone to be involved in or be a victim of, but the way government tries to go about “controlling” it is way over the top.
And actually the REAL PEOPLE who are actually involved in this stuff are people like the “Deep State.” Those elite bankers, politicians, celebrities, directors, etc… who are constantly being linked to it and are even the ones making laws against it…a la Anthony Weiner and Jeffrey Epstein for example. And even Islam in the middle east is know for having young boys dance for the Islamic leaders and perform sex acts for them…Don’t believe me? Google it, or have a relative look into it for you. It’s a thing. But anyway, all the while, we’re the ones that continue to get caught in this web of foolishness because of this obsession to “fight human trafficking.” And yet, the ones they arrest for it, will eventually get out of prison and can’t have a life anymore because you’ve made it impossible for them to have one, so they resort to either going back to the same sexual crime that got them in trouble in the first place, or some other criminal lifestyle because they can’t provide for themselves anymore. They’ve created a vicious cycle.
But I’m preaching to the choir. You guys know this already.
What are they expecting ? To register the relationship on their registry ? Warning to the public: so and so is in a relationship with so and so.
Who people decide to be in any type of relationship with is nobody’s business. Nobody!
If the UK did it, then America will eventually do the same. Unfortunately having this title not only makes our lives a living hell but anyone who is involved it it, including frienda,family and our children. The constant discrimination by society,government and jobs is beyond what any race,gender or religion faces today. They want to label everyone an offender for money and to destroy as many lives as possible but yet they tell us to all go back into society and be better people. Haha, we try and they keep us from living a better life. This is becoming an act of war, when they start targeting our spouses,family and children for something they never did is disgusting and needs to stop. When you completely ruin a person’s life and take all hope of having a decent life with a good job,spouse,family and even having children because they get harrased then it’s become to much. When that happens what do they think will eventually end up happening, they want us to be killed by vigilantes, stay in prison for life or kill ourselves for some a crime that the government illegally perpetrated. People make mistakes and learn and grow up, our society is supposed to be based on allowing people to grow and better themselves, but as we are seeing this isnt the case. We are almost 1million strong and its about time we finally stand together and let our voices be heard. I’m not condoning violence or calling for it, but if they push one day they will be pushed back.
Almost a million strong….ban together? Sounds like how Australia started.
America IS doing it already.
When I was arrested for attempted possession of depictions, my wife was working at a child care center. As a “mandatory reporter” in our state, she felt obligated to let her employer know about my arrest. Their response was to put her on administrative leave while they investigated whether or not she had any involvement in my actions. They found no evidence, but terminated her anyway and gave her a settlement. She was devastated, of course, as she’d really loved her job.
About a year later she took a job at a children’s clothing consignment shop. She worked there a couple of weeks and things were going great. The owner of the shop went to a fundraising event one weekend. My wife’s former supervisor at the child care center was also at the event (my wife saw it on Facebook). That Monday morning, the consignment shop let her go. The owner gave her no valid reason but did say that maybe my wife should think harder about who she associates with. We are an “at-will” state, so an employer doesn’t really need to give a valid reason to fire someone but this sucks nonetheless.
Despite all of this, my incredible wife has stuck by me through all of this. She’s found a job that she loves even more than her previous jobs. she still worries though that someone, someday may find out my little secret and she’ll lose that job too. It’s just simply not fair.