Monday, August 24, 2009
Can Atheists Be Parents?
Judge Camarata denied the Burkes' right to the child because of their lack of belief in a Supreme Being. Despite the Burkes' "high moral and ethical standards," he said, the New Jersey state constitution declares that "no person shall be deprived of the inestimable privilege of worshiping Almighty God in a manner agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience." Despite Eleanor Katherine's tender years, he continued, "the child should have the freedom to worship as she sees fit, and not be influenced by prospective parents who do not believe in a Supreme Being."
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wow, that's properly mental...
how does somebody with such a demonstrable lack of judgement end up as a judge?
Seriously there's a logical fallacy in that reasoning so big you could see it from Mars, not to mention the wilful misinterpretation of the law.
Religiously inclined folk better hope this is overturned fast cos it doesn't take a legal expert to see that it sets a precedent that far from preventing Atheists from adopting pretty much rules out anybody but atheists adopting...
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