If one more fucking judge does the “belief” thing I’m going to lose it.

Utah is pretty much a theocracy. Is a theocracy. Is.

Well, phooey.

This will probably be edited at some point in the interest of neutral fact-stating, but at the moment, Miller’s Wikipedia page awesomely begins:

That seems to be what conservatives think these days - their beliefs can transcend reality, facts, and science.

This story was run a couple days ago with the judge citing “research” that suggested kids being raised by same sex couples turned out poorly for his reason why the child should be removed from their custody. The outrage that ensued noted that such research had been discredited by many institutions. Plus the simple…

If “the Whoopsie option” ever becomes established legal precedent, I may have to go to law school.

The studyusually cited is a flawed one that showed that children were better off being raised by a hetero couple than a single parent household. Studies that have compared two parent hetero and same sex couple found that kids from same sex parent households actually did slightly better than their peers.

“In the original court documents, Johansen cited “belief that research has shown that children are more emotionally and mentally stable when raised by a mother and father in the same home.””

I’m happy that couple got to keep that baby. I felt so bad for them because it wasn’t right what happened to them. This happened to other gay and lesbian couples who wanted to adopt children they raised and instead lost them. These are people who are taking children other people don’t want or abandoned and giving them…

Did the judge cite any sources of the “research” that children are better off with heterosexual parents? Because I thought the empirical evidence has shown that there is no difference in the development of children raised by homosexual couples.

Indeed there is a long way to go. Amazes me that some people think the struggle ends at the same sex marriage decision. There are still 29 states where employment discrimination is not only rampant, yet legal. A commenter recently claimed their state to be LGBT “moderate/progressive” based soley on same sex marriage…

Does she identify as a wife? Spouse is a generic/general term. Broseph.

So. He’s still a bigoted asshole. Just a bigoted asshole whose survival instincts kicked up.

This is also proof that Christian Sharia reigns supreme in certain parts of our country. I don’t know how you ever fix that, unless the Supreme Court at some point bans religion from public life.

Sadly there are a significant number of laws out there that amount to “Ha ha! We will pass this law and the problem will be solved forever!” when what’s really needed is ongoing training and inspection.

I guess she didn’t think the deal was.... a Grand Slam.

Sandra Bullock costarring with buses? Been done. I think it was called, “The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down.”

I don’t think the “white savior” label is accurate when describing this movie/the true story that inspired the movie. If you read up on the true events or even watch the documentary (which I highly recommend), you’ll see that, in a way, these events work to turn the “white savior trope” on its head, and send out a…

Yes, agreed. She’s, what? On a bus, yelling to some guy on another bus. I think they’re both laughing, maybe? Oh, and she’s blonde. That is literally all I got from the commercial. Sandra Bullock costarring with buses.