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A northern Arizona family that was lost at sea for weeks in an ill-fated attempt to leave the U.S. over what they consider government interference in religion will fly back home Sunday. Hannah Gastonguay, 26, said Saturday that she and her husband "decided to take a leap of faith and see where God led us" when they took their two small children and her father-in-law and set sail from San Diego for the tiny island nation of Kiribati in May.
But just weeks into their journey, the Gastonguays hit a series of storms that damaged their small boat, leaving them adrift for weeks, unable to make progress. They were eventually picked up by a Venezuelan fishing vessel, transferred to a Japanese cargo ship and taken to Chile where they are resting in a hotel in the port city of San Antonio.
Their flights home were arranged by U.S. Embassy officials, Gastonguay said. The U.S. State Department was not immediately available for comment.
Hannah Gastonguay said her family was fed up with government control in the U.S. As Christians they don't believe in "abortion, homosexuality, in the state-controlled church," she said.
U.S. "churches aren't their own," Gastonguay said, suggesting that government regulation interfered with religious independence.
Among other differences, she said they had a problem with being "forced to pay these taxes that pay for abortions we don't agree with."
I am upset I am forced to pay taxes to help rescue fools and bring them back to the US.
Religious family abandons U.S., gets lost at sea - CBS News
They are required to pay for the costs they incur, such as air fare and the like.I am upset I am forced to pay taxes to help rescue fools and bring them back to the US.
Religious family abandons U.S., gets lost at sea - CBS News
see where God led us
They are required to pay for the costs they incur, such as air fare and the like.
Often in such instances, passports and other things are lost. The State department will take care of that, and arrange travel back to the US. The air fare is paid for by these people, not the government. This is standard procedure. I can't say that other arrangements don't occur because they do, but in general, such costs are borne by the people receiving assistance. They were extremely fortunate they were found.I hope so. Whether they pay or not is another thing.
Helping people in need is exactly what our tax money should go to. We are a single nation. We take care of each other. Even the really stupid parts of each other.
I guess all that praying they did on the ocean didn't help much, huh?
God led them to a hotel in Chili. They should stay there, since that's where their god led them.
The family should have had their citizenship revoked.
Why? That would be one less family to go on Obamacare.
I am upset I am forced to pay taxes to help
rescue fools and bring them back to the US.
Religious family abandons U.S., gets lost at sea - CBS News
The family should have had their citizenship revoked.
If these people really believe in God,
they must be really upset with him right about now.
I thought you felt that the Affordable Care Act was bad? Now you want as many people on it as possible? You conservatives are a flip-flopping hoot.
I am upset I am forced to pay taxes to help rescue fools and bring them back to the US.
Religious family abandons U.S., gets lost at sea - CBS News
God led them to a hotel in Chili. They should stay there, since that's where their god led them.
Helping people in need is exactly what our tax money should go to. We are a
single nation. We take care of each other. Even the really stupid parts of each other.
I guess all that praying they did on the ocean didn't help much, huh?
I am upset I am forced to pay taxes to help rescue fools and bring them back to the US.
Religious family abandons U.S., gets lost at sea - CBS News
1) I'm a libertarian. It's clearly listed in my profile. Learn to read.As we let pour in tens of millions of NON-CITIZENS take what little jobs that exist under Obama away from American citizens you want to target these people.
You Liberals are sick.
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