{"id":2171,"date":"2002-02-25T23:36:42","date_gmt":"2002-02-26T04:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2002-02-25T23:36:42","modified_gmt":"2002-02-26T04:36:42","slug":"surely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/02\/25\/surely.html","title":{"rendered":"Surely &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surely there is something missing in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2002\/LAW\/02\/16\/alabama.custody.ap\/index.html\">this custody decision story<\/a>.  Something about how the mother is also a practicing axe murderess, or how she feeds her children broken glass sandwiches, or is secretly an al Qa&#8217;eda recruiter.<\/p>\n<p>But, no, it appears not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">In awarding custody of three teen-agers to their father over their gay mother, the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court on Friday wrote that homosexuality is &#8220;an inherent evil&#8221; and shouldn&#8217;t be tolerated.<br \/>\nThe nine-judge panel ruled unanimously in favor of a Birmingham man and against his ex-wife, who now lives with her gay partner in southern California. <br \/>\nChief Justice Roy Moore wrote that the mother&#8217;s relationship made her an unfit parent and that homosexuality is &#8220;abhorrent, immoral, detestable, a crime against nature, and a violation of the laws of nature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As FoxNews&#8217; conservative commentator himself, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,46237,00.html\">Bill O&#8217;Reilly, wondered out loud<\/a>, &#8220;What worries me here is Judge Moore&#8217;s comments, that if I were gay living in Alabama, I don&#8217;t think I could get a fair trial after that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><small>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucky8ball.com\/wordsmeanthings\/index.cfm?postID=846\">WMT<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surely there is something missing in this custody decision story. Something about how the mother is also a practicing axe murderess, or how she feeds her children broken glass sandwiches,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gay-stuff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5065,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/11\/07\/content_of_thei.html","url_meta":{"origin":2171,"position":0},"title":"Content of their character","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 7-Nov-03 2:38pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A Lesbian couple adopts a little girl, then breaks up when one partner converts to a version of Christianity that believes homosexuality is wrong. 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I find hate speech ......","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LGBTQ &amp;c&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LGBTQ &amp;c","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/gay-stuff"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/07\/03\/sauce_for_the_g-3.html","url_meta":{"origin":2171,"position":2},"title":"Sauce for the gander","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 3-Jul-03 7:23am","format":false,"excerpt":"I am, to be honest, very satisfied with the Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence, striking down anti-sodomy laws. 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