Ethics

Dan Savage on Straight Marriage

By Ed Brayton

Dan Savage comments on this news story about a married couple who tortured their child:

A husband and wife have been charged with torture and other counts after a bruised, terrified 17-year-old showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, claiming he had just fled his captors, authorities said Tuesday.

Kelly Lau Schumacher, 30, and Michael Schumacher, 34, were arrested late Monday, said Matt Robinson, a spokesman for police in Tracy.

They had been taken into custody for questioning earlier in the day at their home in Tracy, where the emaciated boy was allegedly held against his will. A search of the home turned up evidence implicating the couple, Robinson said

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 09, 2008 (boomark / email).