Posted on 01/29/2010 11:13:04 AM PST by GonzoII
You may not agree, but you're not right. You do not need to adopt a child in the state of Vermont to be entitled to visitation privileges, 15 VS § 1201. Miller, of her own free will, entered into a civil union with this other woman. As such, this woman now enjoys certain parenting rights, per VT law.
"When have you heard of a ex-husband who was not the biological father having legal rights to a child?"
It happens all the time.
Apparently, you are a liberal as you only want the court to follow the laws that you agree with it. You and Barbara Boxer and Chuck Schumer would get along great.
Conservative-minded judges follow the law. Progressive judges make it up as they go along.
That is an insult of the highest order, sir. You are COMPLETELY out of line.
You would have a judge ignore precedent and and the written law to come to a decision that agrees with your particular political point of view. You are a liberal.
Uh, yeah...I’m a liberal.
Right.
Ed
This isn't a punishment, it's a ruling. This is a civil lawsuit where both parties are responsible for arguing their position. Ms. Miller ELECTED to not participate in the hearing, effectively ceding her case to the plaintiff giving the court no alternative but to rule in favor of the plaintiff.
I am shocked and dismayed that people who cloak themselves in a veil of conservatism are so shocked when a judge rules THE ONLY WAY HE COULD and still follow the law of the land.
Liberals are the people who want the judiciary to ignore the Constitution, common law and precedent and to reach a decision that they feel is just and correct. Feelings are for liberals, laws are for conservatives.
Perhaps it is you who is the liberal. IBTZ?
What part of "she entered into a civil union - a legally binding contract - of her own free will" don't you understand. She entered into an agreement with this woman.
It's not the court's prerogative or place to determine if it was a good thing, or a moral decision to enter into such a contract. But, it is the court's obligation to determine the enforceability of such an agreement. The precedent is clear for both the VT judge who initially granted visitation rights to the lesbian partner, and for the VA who followed the appropriate US Federal Law on interstate custody agreements.
Once again, you wish to have the court IGNORE the law to reach a conclusion that you believe to be fair and just. You may not think you're a liberal, but THAT is a liberal argument for their kind of legal system.
And the one the child has to be given to ISN’T THE REAL PARENT!
Perhaps it's you who can't understand the elementary aspects of American jurisprudence. Perhaps. IBTI.
I understand it perfectly. Now run along troll, DU is calling.
Yeah, I don't think so. Back to your mommy's basement, jerk.
P{ersonally I think the Judge should be locked up, but then the only innocent one involved in this mess is the Child.
“There’s a surprising amount of contempt for law and order on FR....”
Sadly, many people are far more emotion driven than they will admit or even realize.
If those states sign the “Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act” (UCAPA) then they can already take the child.
you do understand that she had sought to get ‘child support’ from her ex-lesbian lover !
bingo... we have a winner.
the ‘fake christian’ is using us to try to spread gay marriage from one state to another.
that is the purpose of this case and why she undermined her side of it. she wanted to lose.
she is part of the gay marriage crowd.
Who is she related to?
Lost the argument so you resort to personal attacks?
While I don’t agree with the law that forced the ruling, I agree with Deckhand that the ruling was correct. I also agree with him that the entire incident was/is the fault of the “birth mother”.
I also agree with him/her that those that want to replace the law with their personal sense of morality are wrong. They are firing from their FEEEEELLLLLLINGS and should consider who currently has their finger on the nation’s nuclear trigger. Do you want to entrust your entire existance on Obama’s personal sense of morality? Or do you want to continue with our current representative form of Government?
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