Remember the parents who named their children “Adolf Hitler” and “Aryan Nation”?
Last year, the couple lost custody of their kids, and according to a new report, the children will likely remain separated from their parents for the foreseeable future.
The kids’ dad, Heath Campbell, maintains that the reason the children were taken into the state’s custody is because a judge didn’t think they should remain with adults who would give them monikers with negative stereotypes.
Meanwhile, court documents show that in 2010, officials found sufficient evidence of abuse or neglect existed because of domestic violence in the family’s New Jersey home. The children were subsequently removed and their parents appealed the decision.
“Actually, the judge and DYFS told us that there was no evidence of abuse and that it was the names. They were taken over the children’s names,” Campbell told news reporters Tuesday.
Heath and the children’s’ mom Deborah Campbell, along with three other people, marched outside of child services offices in Flemington earlier this week saying that the state has no right to keep their children away from them since the kids were taken away without cause.
You’ll recall the case originally made headlines in 2009 after a local ShopRite refused to decorate a birthday cake featuring, Adolf Hitler Campbell’s name. The store manager reported the incident and later, Adolf and siblings JoyceLynn Aryan Nation and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie were removed from their parent’s home and placed into foster care.
At the time, Adolf Hitler Campbell was just three years old and his parents adamantly denied that their child’s name was an issue.
“It’s not like he’s growing up to be a killer or nothing like that,” Deborah Campbell told news reporters in 2009.
“I went to just to get a cake… it was a circus of racism,” Heath Campbell added. “This is America, they say it’s free, you have the right to name your child whatever you want to name your child, no matter what.”
According to state workers, the kids are doing well in foster care and a judge will decide by early December if they will eventually be reunited with their parents.
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