[metmom]

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[vpintheak]

THIS HAD BETTER GET MONKEY STOMPED TO THE GROUND.

[GeronL]

That judges order should have been null and void, its unconstitutional on its face.

[jakerobins]

So according to libs the Constitution can not only tell you what you have to spend your money on...But how to raise your Children??? Ughh what a bunch of numbskulls..

[ixtl]

It would be very easy to just “fall in line” with the other posters here.... but.... what about the father’s rights as to how his child is to be raised? Just becuase the couple is divorced does not mean Dad must just sign the support checks and keep his mouth shut.

This is a difficult case; I am not sure I agree with the judge, but then I an not sure I disagree with him.

The mother’s faith is not mentioned... what if she is a Muslim??

[Melas]

Sorry, but the father has standing in this issue even if his views aren’t popular around here. This is a case of two count’em two parents who have a fundamental disagreement on child rearing, so it had to be settled in court. This is not a constitutional issue or a matter of the state pushing an agenda, but a simple matter of the judge having to side with one parent or the other, and this rare case, it was the father.

[null and void]

[DejaJude]

I’m curious. Where do polygamist Mormons children get schooled? Do they go to public schools? If not, why not? If home-schooled, why has no one ever looked into it? Or have they, and I missed it?

[oldenuff2no]

So why is it not possible to teach your children about your religion after school????
If the fathers point of view is so irrelevant then he should not have to support the child. Either he is a parent or he is not. Can't have it both ways.

[sarasmom]

I read the whole story....so far, and up to post 31.

Frankly, I am siding with the father.

I have nothing against “homeschooling” as an option for the education of children in the USA.

Some home schooled students have been proved to be excelling academically over some publicly schooled children.
Some home schooled students have proved to be victims of abusive parents.
Hense the government mandate regarding a basic education,as both a right for the child, and the duty of a parent, for all the children born in the USA.

This is a case of a family divided, via a legal divorce, with a child involved.

I find your comments particularly offensive, as you seem to think the fathers only function is to provide monetary support to his former wife.