Re: Mainstream Religious Mandate Overturned
Beirdd

Sat Sep 11 17:15:02 1999
The true test of the justice of this thing will be seen when the father gets his turn, as noted in the divorce decree, to "provide religious training to their daughter according to" *his* faith which, I assume, will include the traditional Jewish proscription against homosexuality...will the ACLU leap to his defense when the woman protests?*p*All victories come on the blade of a two-edged sword.*p*--Beirdd*p*<snip>*br*: The father, who is Jewish, and the mother, a Christian, had *br*: agreed in their *br*: 1998 divorce settlement to provide religious training to *br*: their daughter *br*: according to their respective faiths. But the father went to *br*: court when he *br*: learned of the mother's choice of the Metropolitan Community *br*: Church -- a *br*: traditional Protestant denomination that emphasizes ministry *br*: to gays and *br*: lesbians.*br*<snip
Mainstream Religious Mandate Overturned
Deborah
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Sat Sep 11 03:09:39 1999