First, They Came for the Pagans
May 26th, 2005 at 7:39 am by Susie
“Non-mainstream” religion? Unbelievable:
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.
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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.
False religion is fine, as long as it’s mainstream.
hare krsna
come on, ACLU……..
As it happens, the attorney representing the Indianapolis father in question is a very good friend and sister-blogger at Dorothea’s own House of Psuedo-Literary Self-Indulgence, Yarinareth. Check out “Tales from the Shark Tank” at http://sharktank.yarinareth.net.