Posted on 03/20/2004 3:27:48 PM PST by baltimoreman
Lawmaker wants to impeach 'activist' judge Jurist ordered mom can't teach child homosexual behavior wrong
Responding to "judicial activism," a Colorado lawmaker wants to impeach a judge who ordered a former lesbian in a child custody case not to teach her daughter homosexual behavior is wrong.
Republican state Rep. Greg Brophy introduced a resolution yesterday to begin impeachment proceedings against Denver District Judge John Coughlin.
As WorldNetDaily reported, Cheryl Clark, a convert to Christianity, was ordered by Coughlin to "make sure that there is nothing in the religious upbringing or teaching that the minor child is exposed to that can be considered homophobic."
The directive arose from a decision to award joint parenting responsibilities for her daughter to a practicing homosexual.
Clark and Elsey McLeod were in a lesbian relationship that broke up after Clark became a Christian and concluded homosexual behavior was wrong.
The Denver court gave McLeod joint custody of Clark's adopted daughter, Emma, even though McLeod had no legal relationship to the girl.
Brophy said Coughlin's ruling completely disregards the state and federal constitutions and could set a precedent allowing people with no legal relationship to a child to fight for custody.
Coughlin's clerk said the judge had no comment, according to the Associated Press.
Although the ruling is under appeal, Brophy insists the case requires immediate action.
"If you look at the First Amendment of the Constitution, how can you not say this is a case where a judge has stolen the religious liberty of someone?" he said, according to the AP.
Brophy says his resolution has the support of half of the state House's Republican leadership, but is opposed by top GOP leaders, Senate President John Andrews and Gov. Bill Owens. He also has not won the endorsement of House Speaker Lola Spradley.
"Impeachment is a last resort for cases of gross wrongdoing or clear unfitness of character," Andrews said, according to the AP. "It should not be used to settle policy differences, even something as highly charged as this case."
The governor acknowledged concern about judicial activism, but called Brophy's resolution "inappropriate, excessive and uncalled for."
The Christian Coalition of Colorado, however, is working to gain support for the measure through its members and churches.
The group's president, Chuck Gosnell, said Coughlin "has clearly shown that the tyranny of the black robe must be stopped here in Colorado."
God, Please save them and change them or kill them before they drag others into hell with them
You never wall off a cancer. It will only fester. You must excise it entirely
Retired judges can be called back to duty under certain circumstances, or perhaps even worse, be used by the liberal media to pollute the airwaves with their socialist garbage. We are all better off if she suffers a major cardiac arrest. (Of course the preferred correction is that she gets saved and repents of her evil and works actively to fix it, but I'm not holding my breath. Hard core leftists don't usually change)
(Don't know if he was being really truthful though, sometimes with laz you can't be sure)
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