Mmm, freedom of religion.
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Indy Star article:
An Indianapolis father is appealing a Marion County judge's unusual order that prohibits him and his ex-wife from exposing their child to "non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals."
The parents practice Wicca, a contemporary pagan religion that emphasizes a balance in nature and reverence for the earth.
Cale J. Bradford, chief judge of the Marion Superior Court, kept the unusual provision in the couple's divorce decree last year over their fierce objections, court records show. The order does not define a mainstream religion...
The parents' Wiccan beliefs came to Bradford's attention in a confidential report prepared by the Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau, which provides recommendations to the court on child custody and visitation rights. Jones' son attends a local Catholic school.
"There is a discrepancy between Ms. Jones and Mr. Jones' lifestyle and the belief system adhered to by the parochial school. . . . Ms. Jones and Mr. Jones display little insight into the confusion these divergent belief systems will have upon (the boy) as he ages," the bureau said in its report.
Let's repeat that: even though the parents are agreed here, the judge has decided their child must not be exposed to their belief system because exposure to more than one belief system might scar his fragile little mind.
Imagine where this could go, with a school that teaches 'creation science'...
deor:Indy Star article:
An Indianapolis father is appealing a Marion County judge's unusual order that prohibits him and his ex-wife from exposing their child to "non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals."
The parents practice Wicca, a contemporary pagan religion that emphasizes a balance in nature and reverence for the earth.
Cale J. Bradford, chief judge of the Marion Superior Court, kept the unusual provision in the couple's divorce decree last year over their fierce objections, court records show. The order does not define a mainstream religion...
The parents' Wiccan beliefs came to Bradford's attention in a confidential report prepared by the Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau, which provides recommendations to the court on child custody and visitation rights. Jones' son attends a local Catholic school.
"There is a discrepancy between Ms. Jones and Mr. Jones' lifestyle and the belief system adhered to by the parochial school. . . . Ms. Jones and Mr. Jones display little insight into the confusion these divergent belief systems will have upon (the boy) as he ages," the bureau said in its report.
Let's repeat that: even though the parents are agreed here, the judge has decided their child must not be exposed to their belief system because exposure to more than one belief system might scar his fragile little mind.
Imagine where this could go, with a school that teaches 'creation science'...
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Date: 2005-05-27 04:52 am (UTC)I wonder how many kids will be rendered unemployable in most occupations by this kind of idiocy.
Never mind the totalitiarian implications >:-/
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Date: 2005-05-28 10:19 pm (UTC)There was this tirade, once again found off Fark, that enticed me to create that ridiculous rant yesterday. It was a political tirade from none other than Orson Scott Card. Site is SFW, AFAIK.