Posted on 12/06/2009 3:29:01 PM PST by thisisthetime
A Vermont court ordered a Christian child taken away from her mother and given to a lesbian ex-partner, setting up, according to a lawyer for the Christian family, a dispute that the U.S. Supreme Court likely will have to resolve.
Mathew Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel, told WND the recent order from the Vermont judge that Lisa Miller turn over her young daughter, Isabella, to the lesbian ex-partner, Janet Jenkins, on New Year's Day is being appealed.
In the interim, a separate court hearing on the dispute is scheduled to be heard in a Virginia court during this coming week.
"We're arguing that the state of Virginia cannot enforce an out of state, Vermont, civil union because it's contrary to Virginia law," Staver said.
Ultimately, he said, the issue probably will have to be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court, because the case is being moved along parallel tracks in both Vermont, where Jenkins lives, and Virginia, where the Millers live.
(Excerpt) Read more at thewoodwardreport.com ...
“Will Ken Cuccinelli, our new Attorney General, have a role in the outcome”?
...if so, that would be a good thing! I live in richmond and worked for the McDonnell ticket and am so psyched about our new Gov/Lt/Atty Gen!!
This is obscene. I cannot understand any court’s ruling that would take away a mother’s biological child and award custody to an ex-lover who has had no contact with that child in years. The court would not do such a thing if the ex-lover were not homosexual. This is a judge with an agenda, plain and simple. No court would award custody of a mother’s biological child to her ex-boyfriend who was her common-law husband under another state’s laws. It simply wouldn’t happen.
Yup. “We” asked for it.
I’d love to hear B.O.s thought on this.
WTF over?
How do you justify taking a child away from its mother?
The “partner” never adopted the child. She has as much right to take the child as you do - no right at all.
No. Lisa Miller, who gave birth to Isabella, has renounced lesbianism. The real problem here is the tug of war between the states. Both sides are looking to this case for potentially major precedent law. Vermont has awarded custody, but Virginia doesn’t recognize the civil union upon which the Vermont court is basing its decision. So if Vermont can ultimately compel Virginia to enforce the custody order, Virginia shall have lost the benefits of its Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). For more reading, see:
http://protectisabella.com/faqs.php
Exactly. There are consequences for your actions.
Simply amazing. I cannot even comprehend taking a child from its biological mother and giving it to another person. Slippery legal slope.
“No. Lisa Miller, who gave birth to Isabella, has renounced lesbianism. The real problem here is the tug of war between the states. Both sides are looking to this case for potentially major precedent law. Vermont has awarded custody, but Virginia doesn’t recognize the civil union upon which the Vermont court is basing its decision. So if Vermont can ultimately compel Virginia to enforce the custody order, Virginia shall have lost the benefits of its Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). For more reading, see:”
Frankly the little girl should go to the FATHER.
It’s clear mom has ISSUES.
Did anyone else think this was a weird headline? What, it would have been less shocking if the Mom had had a "spare" child or two?
Yes, Cuccinelli will be on the right side if he's involved.
The consequences shouldn’t be at the expense of the child though. This wouldn’t have happened to a heterosexual divorced couple where the former husband never adopted the child.
Do you really think so? The father is just an anonymous sperm donor. I almost hate to raise the question, but what kind of man does that? I feel for those who cannot bear children of their own, but I think we have introduced an intolerable level of ethical complexity via “sperm loans.” Children, by the design of nature and nature’s God, need to be raised by two fit, sexually complimentary parents. If Lisa Miller has been restored to her natural heterosexuality, and no other disqualifying factors are present, there is no reason to regard her as an unfit parent. Whereas, a “father” in sperm only (FISO?), who not only has had no involvement in the child’s life whatsoever, but who is absolutely careless in the manner by which he sows his oats, has significant fitness issues. No, IMHO, Lisa, imperfect as she is, imperfect as the situation is, remains the best choice, not only because she is the biological mother, but because she is the only parent who has shown the love of a parent to this child. To Jenkins, she’s just a pawn; to the anonymous father, she’s just a spawn; to Lisa, she is the fruit of her womb and the love of her life. They should not be separated by ignoble politics.
I agree. There is an injustice. No doubt. But the family court system is so flawed and broken. I know this from personal experience. Unfortunately life isn’t fair and God says it’s not going to be because Adam and Eve chose sin. So this mom should continue to fight and I hope she wins. But had she had not chosen her sinful actions her child wouldn’t be having to be put in a situation that is bad for the child.
God is good and I hope this mother and child will cling to Him no matter what happens.
He probably doesn't make enough to weigh in on this decision either.
The Kids Innocence Coalition reported that the Vermont woman had no interest in the child. That a gay group paid her to fight this, so they could judge shop and establish some kind of judicial precedent (since gays consistently lose at the polls). Sickening.
The judge who ordered full custody to the ex-girlfriend is pathological and needs prayer.
dude!! Nightmares, dude!
Whatever advances the destruction of The United States.
Miller. Jenkins isn't even an adoptive "parent".
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