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Bayne Campaign for Justice

Bayne Campaign for Justice

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Started by Anonymous 16 years, 9 months ago
Signing your name is FREE. THE DONATION REQUEST ON THE NEXT PAGE IS NOT FOR THE BAYNE CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE but rather for this website iPetition design team. YOU CAN IGNORE THE DONATION REQUEST BY EXITING THE DONATION PAGE. THE BAYNE CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE
It is difficult to define justice but reasonable people always know when justice is missing. It is missing in the case of Paul and Zabeth Bayne. Our moral support will encourage them.  Paul and Zabeth have three children, Kent, born October 18, 2004; Baden, born June 12, 2005; and Bethany, born August 3, 2007. Bethany and her brothers were taken from the Bayne’s home by the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development on October 22, 2007. Bethany was seven weeks old then and she has not been home since then. She has lived for two  and one half years in foster care homes. This child was seized when the concerned parents took their struggling infant daughter to the hospital following what Zabeth reported as an accident in which one of the small boys fell on the infant’s head. Bethany became ill and after several examinations in several hospitals over a period of days was finally taken to Vancouver’s Sick Children’s Hospital. The attending health professionals are to be commended for flagging what might have potentially been parental abuse. However, consideration of other possible causes for the baby's condition was abandoned to a suspicion that one of these parents had shaken this baby causing the head injury. The children were taken from the parents in order to protect the children. In the months that followed, the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) was inundated with letters speaking to the parents’ character, integrity and reliability. Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigated and cleared the Baynes of liability in Bethany’s condition. The MCFD however, has maintained its unsubstantiated position of non accidental injury and a presumption of guilt for the Bayne parents. The tale is tangled and a family has suffered for two and one half years. Please sign this petition so we may encourage the Baynes and appeal to the BC Ministry of Children to return the Bayne children. Signing your name is FREE. IGNORE THE DONATION REQUEST ON THE NEXT PAGE. Donations requested here are not for the Bayne Campaign for Justice but rather for this website iPetition design team. JUST EXIT THE DONATION PAGE. Sign with your full name rather than the anonymous option because that counts best. Information about the Baynes is detailed on the blog posts at http://ronunruhgps.blogspot.com/

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Reached 500 supporters

December 1, 2009

November 29, 2009

We are approaching 500 signatures and need to hit that mark before we present this case. Text three people right now and ask them to sign to help us build the necessary momentum.

November 24, 2009

The momentum keeps building and this momentum is exactly what the Bayne family needs right now. Post this petition link on your Facebook page and text three friends about why this case matters. Email your local representative today to demand they look into the Ministry practices.

Reached 100 supporters

November 4, 2009

6 Comments

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Linda Cole
16 years ago Featured

So much for innocent until proven guilty. My heart breaks for Bethany and her brothers.

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Sarah Wang
16 years ago Featured

This is completely heartbreaking. Parents should not have their children ripped away like this based on a mistake or a freak accident. Bring them home.

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Mark Jimenez
16 years ago Featured

The ministry overreached here. Total nightmare for this family. Get the kids back to their real parents before any more time is lost.

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Ryan Bell
16 years ago Featured

Families belong together. stop tearing them apart because of assumptions.

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Jessica Vargas
16 years ago Featured

Two and a half years is way to long for them to be away from their family. FIX THIS.

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David Rivera
16 years ago Featured

what a joke. they were doing the right thing taking her to the hospital and got punished for it. absolutely disgusting behavior from the system.

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