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Originally posted by Ref-X
As I was reading your earlier posts I was unsure of your stance. To me it came across that you had no problem with convicted child sex offenders being around children. Now I see your point a little better. And I agree that there are many other things to look for when doing background checks for officials. There are a lot of people that should not be around kids. This topic started with an official who is a convicted sex offender, and that is where much of my posted where directed. Here in my state we do not have a background check YET. But it is only a matter of time.
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If you go back and read where I commented on this topic, I was not addressing the original story that prompted this thread. I actually do not care of the circumstances of that post. I was commenting and agreeing with someone that the current systems of background checks are hypocritical. I never debated the reasons why we have them or I never said you should not have them. I simply said that we should check for more than a trying to find sex offenders. I think other actions are just as big of a problem as someone that has sex offenses in our society. To me worrying about sex offenders from strangers is like worrying about that the avian flu is going to kill you in the next few days. My state has had background checks for 8 or 9 years already, so I have no problem with them. I just think if I cannot work at the local fast food place because I was a thief, why should I be allowed to work as an official. I personally do not care if you can rehabilitate someone or not, I think either act has similar issues for someone that is going to be around this kind of participation. If you do not agree with that, is OK with me. I just do not recall that I was asking for approval of my position.
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Originally posted by ChrisSportsFan
Rut, I completly agree. You never know who's going to jump out of the weeds and be the "next new" offender. I do believe though that an ounce of prevention is valuable.
My wife and I directed the Children's Ministry for our church for several years. We went to a few seminars and at one of them they discussed this topic. Even "IF" this offender is rehabilitated, why put them in a situation where if someone made a claim against them they would NEVER EVER beat it in a court because of their history. We instituded an interview process, questionair and background check for teachers. We did lose a couple of teachers over the years which made our responsibility for that class tougher but it was better to be safe. Statistics show that a sexual offender will strike more than once.
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Great, we have established that sex offenders strike more than once. Thank you that valuable information. It is not what we were talking about, but thank you all the same.
Peace
[Edited by JRutledge on Dec 6th, 2005 at 02:30 PM]