Oh, Goddess...

[elfs]

Remember that divorce case back towards the end of May when a divorcing couple were both refused the right to teach their child Wicca because the judge feared that the boy might become "confused" between their beliefs and those of his Catholic school?

The superior court of the county where they live has upheld the decree.

This is not an attack on Wicca or the First Amendment. The judge and commissioner support the constitutional guarantee concerning freedom of religion. But this case is not just about freedom of religion. It's about the court's obligation to protect minor children from certain rituals that might be harmful to their well-being, whether or not those things are affiliated with a religion.

Like consuming the blood and flesh of your god isn't a twisted and repulsive ritual?

Comments

[fallenpegasus]

Americans give their courts too much power.

[solarbird]

Joy. What lovely fuckheads they have in charge in Indiana.

[rowanf.livejournal.com]

Astonishing. Horrifying. Disgusting. I really had hopes for the Superior Court. On to further Appeals. Thank goodness for ACLU. *sigh*

[jenkitty.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who was raised in Indiana. She tells me that the public schools there are such utter unfiltered crap that lots of folks send their children to Catholic school, whether they're Catholic or not, just to give them a chance at a decent education. Too bad the judges either don't know that, know it but are trying to cover that fact, or are just getting hardons from the idea of being able to legally persecute Witches from the bench.

[polydad.livejournal.com]

Does anyone think it's *possible* to get any reality into brains like that posessed by the judge in question without the use of a sledgehammer?

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

That comment about Holy Communion is a bit snarky.

But, yes, theologians have been dancing around that problem for centuries. Is it symbolism, or is it something that sounds awfully like magic?

My religious upbringing leant towards symbolism; an echo of the Last Supper and an aide memoire.

Odd how the whole thing started in an age of paganism, isn't it. I wonder where they got the idea.