And any other belief system that doesn’t fit into the American government’s idea of acceptable religions.
If this judge had his way, you wouldn’t be able to pass your own religion or belief system to your own children.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050526/NEWS01/505260481
wtf?
Well…in all fairnes, if you’re going to send your child to a religious school, you shouldn’t be surprised if they get upset about you teaching your child a different religion. It’s like raising your kids Jewish and sending them to a Muslim school. Okay. Not quite that extreme, but still.
Offensive and wrong, but a ruling like that won’t stand for long. The fact that the judge did it over the objections of BOTH parents is kind of remarkable.
But the school isn’t involved in the fucking divorce proceeding, so who cares?
I wouldn’t worry too much. I am sure that those in power will take a stand against this activist judge
Hit submit too soon, dammit. But still, I can see the church’s point of view. OTOH, you should in no way be censured from exposing your children to a different religion, and I can’t see this ruling standing.
Good god. Judge Bradford should be reprimanded, and removed from the bench while he completes a little remedial education. I wanna know more about this, too:
Why is the “Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau” concerned with the parent’s religion? Especially when the two parents, who’re divorced now, agree on the religion to which should be exposed.
Therefore, Wicca is not ‘non-mainstream’.
If it were up to me, someone should turn that judge into a newt!
GAAAAAAAHHHHH!
:smack:
As for the rest of it: moron. (The judge, that is)
The part that really gets up my craw is that BOTH parents are Wiccan, and this was still put in their divorce decree, without either of them requesting it. I’ve sort of gotten used to it being an issue when exes disagree, but this is a whole new level of dumb.
(On a personal note, I’m expecting a social worker from whatever DCFS is called now to come to my house this afternoon. They’re coming to tell me what services my very premie daughter is entitled to. I’ve been trying to decide if I should put the pentacles and athames under wraps for the afternoon to avoid any unpleasantness. I think I’ll leave them out just to be ornery.)
This isn’t about the school. After reading the article I don’t see anything about the school or school officials having any input into the decision. The state bureau prepared a report which said the conflict between what he is taught at his Catholic school and what he is taught in his Wiccan home may be confusing for him. That’s as far as anything goes in showing the justification for this state-imposed order. If it was the school refusing to accept him as a student because he was being raised by Wiccans, that would be one thing. This is the state saying he can’t be raised Wiccan and according to the attorneys in the case the Judge gave no supporting reasoning for that part of the divorce ruling.
I expect the first appeal to succeed in very short order and the divorce decree will be modified to remove those provisions.
Enjoy,
Steven
This will be overturned on appeal…right?
My Jewish ex went to a Catholic school and it was never an issue with the school, he just didn’t go to religion class.
What an idiot. I don’t know what else to say.
Being born and raised Catholic, I’m as religiously conservative and mainstream as they come, but even I agree that this is total BS on the part of the judge.
Did the judge have a bad day that day or something?
No.
If you send your kid to a religous school they can kick him out if they want. If you send your kid to a religious school, a judge has no right telling you what religion your child can or cannot be raised with. Especially since he was talking about mainstream religions being okay, so obviously contradictory religions as long as they’re nebulously ‘mainstream’ enough would be allowed.
What’s worse, I’m sure the fundie/theocrat movement will see this judge as some sort of martyr for the cause. This is real ‘judicial activism’, and it’s revolting.
Sweetie, please go back and see the correction I made. Thanks.
Probably not that long.
Some judicial decisions are stupid but understandable. This isn’t.
I wonder if the judge just approved the recommendations of the social services bureau carte blanche?
Regards,
Shodan
PS - Prayers/good thoughts/however you want to phrase it for your child’s health, WhyNot.
Regards,
Shodan
Whooooops. When I previewed I did not see your second post, and after I edited a bit I posted without re-prieviewing. My apologies Maureen