{"id":443,"date":"2005-05-27T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-27T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=443"},"modified":"2005-05-27T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-27T14:19:00","slug":"443","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=443","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a twist on “activist judges”<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the Indianapolis Star<\/em>: <\/p>\n

“An Indianapolis father is appealing a Marion County judge’s unusual order that prohibits him and his ex-wife from exposing their child to ‘non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals.'”<\/p>\n

And we know which “non-mainstream religion” he has in mind. Yes, this judge thinks he can rule on religion in the home<\/a>. It will be interesting to see what the appeals court thinks.<\/p>\n

(As with all newspaper links, this one could change. A tip of the pointy hat to Wonkette<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a twist on “activist judges” From the Indianapolis Star: “An Indianapolis father is appealing a Marion County judge’s unusual order that prohibits him and his ex-wife from exposing their child to ‘non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals.’” And we know which “non-mainstream religion” he has in mind. Yes, this judge thinks he can rule on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-443","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":444,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=444","url_meta":{"origin":443,"position":0},"title":"The judge in Indianapolis (pt.\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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