BOGUS! This judge is either not up on the truth and is just another anti that sits on a bench, looking down on people and exercising his CONTROL over people. For instance, does he know about the Federal Court throwing out the EPA's 1993 study on Second Hand Smoke?
Federal Court Rules Against EPA on Secondhand Smoke
And I think any anti who tries to dismiss the findings of the U.S. Department of Energy labs at Oak Ridge, should be confronted with the question: "Are you saying that DOE researchers committed scientific fraud and that their findings on ETS exposure are untrue?"
Oak Ridge Labs & Second Hand Smoke
John Banzhaf III, executive director of Washington, D.C.-based Action on Smoking and Health, said courts in at least 15 states have ruled that secondhand smoke can be a factor in a custody proceeding. He said many divorce proceedings now include agreements not to smoke around the children.
One of the well funded anti-smoker in the U.S. It wouldn't PAY for me to have kids today. I am thankful my girl is GROWN. Funny how SHE made it in a two smoker house, eh?
Protecting children from secondhand smoke "is not that far out a concept."
How about protecting the kids from SUNSHINE, a class A Carcinogen, just like smoking. How about protecting them from exhaust fumes from passing trucks. How about just putting the teens in a BUBBLE and protect them from EVERYTHING. Hey, Judge. Yes. Put them in a damn bubble! "It's for their own good you know!" NOT!
This schizophrenia drives me crazy. Acquiesce to the demonization of smoking, and then fret about where else it will lead.
Once you've accepted that you're "not doing these kids any good by smoking" (implying that you're doing them harm) is a valid premise, you're cooked. The barn door's open.
But she added, "We certainly do a lot of other things that are unhealthy around our kids. No more potato chips in the house?
We have a winner! DUH!
It is a far out concept. This is ludicrous.
Wonder if they'll get a court order to protect themselves against her?
Don't you just love an activist judge? Maybe he should throw in a no fast-food rule, a violent video games injunction, and maybe even mandate bed time stories.
Of course, this will only get worse. In our law school class yesterday, one of the lovely liberal ladies actually said that if the judge in a particular case were female, it wouldn't matter that the elements of the claim were not met, she would have to find for the plaintiff. What amazed me was that the professor didn't even challenge the idea. (Apparently, "every idea is equally valid", as another student said.) We're in for a looooong fight in the judiciary, folks.