[El Cid]

Amanda's "vigorous defense of her religious beliefs ... suggests strongly that she has not had the opportunity to seriously consider any other point of view," District Court Judge Lucinda V. Sadler said.

I suppose this Judge also thinks its a bad thing that a parent would want to keep their child free from exposure to drugs, ebola, plague, and other 'opportunities'...
Yes, the mother wants to bring up her daughter in a Christian environment and she doesn't appreciate people who would want to attack her beliefs at her young age. How unreasonable...
God save us from these judges who want to play god...

[Conscience of a Conservative]

True, the mother wants to bring her daughter up in a Christian environment. But, the father wants the child to be exposed to other views. Why is the mother’s opinion any more valid?

This isn’t a case where the judge is playing god. This is a case where the judge was deciding a dispute between two divorced parents. It’s an unfortunate case, because there can be no compromise (mother wants to homeschool, nothing else; father wants public school, nothing else; there’s no middle ground), but it’s not a case of a judge overstepping her authority...