Originally Posted by Diesel911

This is the way I look at it.

If someone grabbed a Child and held the Hostage the Law would do everything possible; including letting the Hostage Taker get away if it would save the Childs life.

In this case the Parents were acting sort of like they were holding their Children hostage to the extent that their actions were endangering the Children.

That left it up to the Law to act in the best interest of the Children.
In this case instead of acting in the best interest of the Children the Law acted to benefit itself because they were embarrassed.

Even sadder is that there was not much sympathy from the Public because the general feeling was they were a whole bunch of crazies.

What happened sets a Precedent that if the Government can put a label on you or a group that the general Public does not like or care about they endanger You, Your Family or Group and get away with it.