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Top Court to Decide if a Judge Can Prevent a Mother From Taking Her Daughter to Church - 🔔 The Liberty Daily
If you love the news, check out The Liberty Daily's homepage. (WND News Center)—The fight is between two people who never married but whose daughter now is nearly a teen. And the coming decision by the Maine Supreme Court will determine if judges in that state can simply overturn the...
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Liberty Counsel explained the background: “Matt Bradeen never married Emily after she became pregnant over a dozen years ago. The relationship ended before Ava was even born. Emily had primary custody of Ava, and Matt had visitation rights. Ava and Emily had been attending Calvary Chapel, an evangelical Christian church in Portland, ME, for 3½ years. Ava informed her father last year that she was excited to be baptized. But whereas most parents would be overjoyed, Matt found an ACLU judge and flew in a Marxist former sociology professor from California to testify that Calvary Chapel (and any church that believes the Bible) are ‘cults’ that cause psychological harm to children.”
The judge ruled that the custodial mother “is a fit parent EXCEPT for the fact that she is a Christian.”
A report from WCSH-TV said Bradeen’s “expert” witness looked at Calvary Chapel’s sermons and then claimed they were a “psychological risk.”
