JDaveG, on 12 March 2010 - 07:08 AM, said:
It's actually a pretty good argument for choosing a mate who generally agrees with you on religious matters. I know that's a quaint notion, but if you are serious about your religious beliefs, how can you expect your spouse not to be?
The last point is my greatest issue with what he's doing. There is a legal way to fight the order without risking a contempt charge. On the one hand, I admire him taking a stand. On the other, he called the press when he took her to mass, which calls into question his motives.
But leaving that aside (not that it's unimportant), I think the greater issue is why the judge would order such a thing in the 1st place. Even if dad is being spiteful, he's not harming the child at all. Assuming dad is acting out of spite, it seems like the judge is reacting in kind.
You may be right about the judge being spiteful. But I think I read that the ruling was originally for a 30 day period. To me that sounds like the judge advised the parents to reach some sort of accord because he was uncomfortable making such a decision. It sounds to me that the judge had his hand forced a bit because neither of the parents would back off. Maybe the judge was just trying to look out for the child and prevent the parents from becoming even more obstinate toward one another.
BirdsOfPrey, on 12 March 2010 - 09:31 AM, said:
The judicial system needs to stay out of this. Work on the divorce like they do but when it comes to what religion the child will be exposed to, they should just let the parents work that out amongst themselves.
I get the feeling that the judge didn't want to be involved but he took a step in an attempt to calm the parents down and give them time to reach an agreement on their own. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't feel certain that the judge wanted to be involved in this anyway. If the parent who has custody of the child feels strongly about the religion that they follow how do you, as a judge, tell her to allow her ex to expose the child to a different religion. It's almost like the judge has issued a temporary restraining order in hopes that cooler heads will prevail.
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