RE: Issue of the law...
How many years ago was this? Why in the world would you have 16 kids.....if you couldn't feed them? Our little town is full of single mothers....that don't have the means to support their children. The first step in assuming responsibility is to not exceed your ability to provide for the mouths you bring into the world!
We can sit here and come up with a story to justify just about any law you'd care to break. Guess what.....it still doen't make it right! We are very good "moral relativists" anymore. Whatever happened to "right".....and "wrong"!
How responsible are you if you are breeding children you can't feed? (Don't compare what happened two, three, four, generations ago with today.....and then excuse inappropriate behavior. The great depression was one thing...2004 is something all together different. (With all the God blessed money government takes from me in taxes for social programs today.....don't tell me you can't get help! My a**!)
And don't ask for an opinion.....and then when you don't like it....tell me not to be judgemental. Talk about sanctimonious!