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The judge used the term "homophobic." That is a meaningless political term. It is certainly not a legal term. Therefore, the judge politicized his ruling - i.e. he made it a political one not a legal one.

I disagree. What we do know of the case is that it is very acrimonious, and that the Judge defended his ruling on the basis of allowing "joint parenting" to continue. I think we can safely read between the lines to conclude that Ms. Clark's "Christian teaching" is of a sort that uses something like Romans 1 -- not to teach her about homosexuality, but instead to turn the little girl against Ms. McLeod.

[ArGee]

I disagree.

I can live with that.

I recognize that I have a bias here. There is a culture war and the warriars for deviancy are everywhere. I am likely to believe the judge was slamming the adoptive mother for her Christian belief that homosexuality is wrong and not nearly as concerned about the child.

That said, will you recognize your bias against fundamentalist Christians? I have noticed it more than once, but never as clearly as in this thread.

Shalom.