Woman Sent To Jail For Smoking Around Children

[matcom]

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Tamara Silvius was banned last year from smoking around the youths, now ages 8 and 10, as part of a custody arrangement with her ex-husband.

She allegedly violated the order during a trip to South Carolina for Thanksgiving. For that, Silvius was fined $500 and was given a 10-day suspended sentence on the condition she not do it again.

But Silvius was back in court Thursday for violating the order a second time in June. Silvius, a pack-a-day smoker, claims the restriction violates her rights.

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3650980/detail.html

[demnan]

1. The Judge went too far

Yes smoking is a nasty habit, but until it's illegal the woman has a right to it around the kids, unless there is some severe health reason for not exposing one of them.

[Rainbowreflect]

2. She violated a court order, that is what the sentence was for.

If the court order said she could not move the children to another state & she did it would be the same thing.

[BonjourUSA]

3. Sometimes I am happy not to be an American.

;-)

Even if the politically correct is beginning to be damn annoying in France, it seems we have still a long way before getting yours... How long yet ?