My fellow Hoosier bloggers Mark "not late for dinner" Gibson, Gregory Harris and Jeff Cooper
have already commented on this news story about a judge overruling the parents' wishes and decreeing the child not be exposed to "non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals." They both practice Wicca, whose core belief is "As it harm none, do what you will."; but most people hear as "witch" or "not Christian". The reason given is because the child goes to Catholic school and he doesn't want the child to be confused.
As I alluded to above, if the religion being barred was Christian, they'd be all over this like a hooker on a Corvette. So I guess we can't break out the pitchfork and Frankenstein rakes over this one*. Even though the wife is a fundementalist, I'd bet her line of thinking would be that the judge shouldn't have overruled the parents wishes on this matter. Notwithstanding the argument that if we allow the government and courts to define mainstream religious beliefs, sooner or later they're going to elimate yours. So don't cheer them on just because they rule against something you don't like.
PS: Gregory Harris also linked to this article about "religious persecution" in America, worth checking out.
Update: While writing the above, I was trying to think of the politician that was implying the courtroom shooting in Atlanta should be done to some activist judges, and jokingly ask if we could do the same here. Unfortunately, I couldn't recall the details and didn't go there. Fortunately, Tom DeLay complained about his name being used in a Law and Order episode about a shooting of a judge. Timing's a bit off, but hey...
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Here's An Activist Judge i.e. I Don't Like His Judgement
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Tony Collett
on Fri 27 May 2005 11:38 AM EDT | Permanent Link
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