Liberty is not only dead in Maryland, they’re defiling the corpse too.
Two months into the school year, more than 2,000 students in this suburban county outside the nation’s capital had yet to get the shots they needed to attend class. So the school system decided it was through playing nice.
Parents in Prince George’s County have been ordered to appear at a special court hearing Saturday where they will be given a choice: Get their children vaccinated on the spot or risk up to 10 days in jail and fines.
It is one of the strongest efforts made by a U.S. school system to ensure its youngsters receive their shots.
Prince George’s County school officials and prosecutors said parents have been duly warned about the need for vaccinations over the past year. They said the goal isn’t to throw parents in jail but to protect public health and get kids who have been barred from school back to class.
“How can you in good conscience allow your child to miss school and their education for no particular reason?” said John White, spokesman for the 132,000-student school system. [source]
For me, the question is, “how in good conscience can you throw parents in jail for choosing not to vaccinate their children?”
It seem like the mentality here is that the citizens of this county are like cattle owned by the government rather than independent people with rights and liberties guaranteed by our constitution. The school has every right to not allow children to attend classes if they haven’t been vaccinated, but to threaten the parents with jail time is a bold leap over the line.
