{"id":444,"date":"2005-05-27T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-27T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=444"},"modified":"2005-05-27T22:35:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-27T22:35:00","slug":"444","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=444","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The judge in Indianapolis (pt. 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Legal experts say the judge who forbade the teaching of Wicca to a child is likely to be overruled<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“This decision should be frightening to people of any faith, because who decides what’s mainstream?” said Donna Bays, chairwoman of the Family Law Section of the Indiana State Bar Association. “I have never seen a judge put anything like that in any order involving parties who were in agreement.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The judge in Indianapolis (pt. 2) Legal experts say the judge who forbade the teaching of Wicca to a child is likely to be overruled. “This decision should be frightening to people of any faith, because who decides what’s mainstream?” said Donna Bays, chairwoman of the Family Law Section of the Indiana State Bar Association. 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