Religious Freedom v.s. Reality

A situation that I am sure is escaping no headlines of late, the corrupting forces of the Jehovah Witness community have been overridden by the province of BC. They forced their faith on the health of their children and now only three of the sextuplets survive. When the province took control and gave emergency medical treatment (in opposed to prayer or faith based remedies that they were, the parents and the JW community, proposing to be more effective - because god takes care of all) they parents and the community were horribly struck with angst. Here is a quote from a personality who, although he does not have a stable and reputable name in the realm of politics, speaks volumes with one quip:

"We live in a country where we respect religious freedoms, where we respect
religious beliefs," said Campbell. "But we have an obligation to protect
children in British Columbia and to protect their lives. We act, I think, with
the children's best interests in mind. We will continue to do that.

What this can be interpreted as saying is that 'although we respect your belief to control your life, we do not allow your delusions to destroy lives of those around you. Further, we respect the cogent ability of medicine (and the battery of science that establishes the proponent base of old-earth and evolutionary-geological timescale interactions)'. So, the province has made a precedent setting stance that they respect you for your belief, but they realize that you believe in a myth and not reality. And you may not force it on your children. Well, at least not in this specific case.

Religion is not in the best interest of the children.