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Visitation taken away so "child can get... by Kickstart 2006-11-19 12:55:59
...religious instruction he needs" because the father is an atheist (and of course the wife uses this as ammunition). This from a judge in Mississippi.

This makes me biting mad. Separation of church and state? Throw that out the window! ARGH! I'm not even an atheist in the strict sense of the word, and this annoys me to no end.

KS

[ Reply ]
  wow (n/t) by unjust2006-03-24 16:43:47
  Er...if religion is such an issue... by esbita2006-03-24 16:48:39
    I can respect a parent's wish to keep by hadji2006-03-24 17:01:45
      equal rights have nothing to do with it. by subbywan2006-03-24 17:05:33
        I see no mention of welfare of the child. by jiteo2006-03-24 17:12:57
          There isn't any mention of it. by subbywan2006-03-24 17:16:43
            Quote from the article: by SouthpawPL2006-03-24 17:22:49
        I did mention that the father was by hadji2006-03-24 17:14:20
  From the information given it does not appear by lab rat2006-03-24 17:10:28
  Custody decisions are generally rather biased by shminux2006-03-24 17:28:18
  If the child is a Christian of such denominations, by fudje2006-03-24 17:31:39
    Heh. by krikkert2006-03-24 17:33:21
      Atheofascists? by fudje2006-03-24 17:39:07
        But who chooses for the child? by Illiad2006-03-24 17:42:55
          That depends. Do atheists have a church to go to? by fudje2006-03-24 17:55:49
            For the last time, atheism is NOT a religion! by mortaine2006-03-24 17:59:14
              Interesting. by fudje2006-03-24 18:02:40
                Heh. I'd take that a step further. by krikkert2006-03-24 18:19:55
                  Possibly, possibly. by fudje2006-03-24 18:32:34
                    Nah. by mortaine2006-03-24 20:04:38
                I think you have a narrow definition of "Christian by mortaine2006-03-24 20:03:25
              Sorry. Yes it is. by VivianC2006-11-19 12:55:59
                Yes, it is (n/t) by lab rat2006-03-24 21:13:07
                Atheism as a religion by cptspith2006-03-24 22:30:44
          See, that's the thing. by hadji2006-03-24 17:57:03
          The way I would rule on it... by Cural2006-03-24 19:12:14
            Baptism is a bad choice for this by Kickstart2006-03-24 19:18:00
              We do not know if the court asked for proof. by shorty822006-03-24 19:25:55
        How about this? by Egaeus2006-03-24 22:06:14
    Yes. I would have preferred that ruling. by hadji2006-03-24 17:49:25
      I'll pay that. by fudje2006-03-24 17:58:42
  I'm not really seeing the problem. by shorty822006-03-24 19:24:21
    Nor I. The father doesn't seem to be taking by Danu2006-03-24 20:23:08
      Comment. by ag_wyvern2006-03-24 20:41:40
        No, he had said child every other weekend (n/t) by lab rat2006-03-24 21:10:12
          Nope. He had the child every other week. by shorty822006-03-24 21:13:45
            Duh, from this he is saying before the decision by lab rat2006-03-24 21:15:56
              It reads to me as he had visitation by shorty822006-03-24 21:21:54
                I disagree, but that's OK by lab rat2006-03-24 21:24:46
        He has lost one day only if he chooses to. by Danu2006-03-24 21:34:01
          s/one day/one day per week/ (n/t) by Danu2006-03-24 21:37:27
          "and be a hypocrite" by cptspith2006-03-24 22:43:43
  If you can't trust a random, unverified blog... by VivianC2006-03-24 21:08:09
    Paying child support is not a right but by shorty822006-03-24 21:10:28

 

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