tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606201113344523885.post1765073002974397566..comments2024-03-28T13:08:26.494-04:00Comments on Religion & American Law: Get Out of My Court Room!Brantley Gasawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894338478934982958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606201113344523885.post-83216438209350220222010-02-24T22:09:43.673-05:002010-02-24T22:09:43.673-05:00I agree with the two above comments that while thi...I agree with the two above comments that while this is an unfortunate situation for all involved, it does not lend itself to legal action at this point in time. I could not find in any of the posts or in the original article what the Cook County Circuit Court Judge used to justify his ruling that barred Joseph Reyes from allowing the child to attend any further religious services other than of the Jewish faith. If there is an ongoing dispute about how the girl will be religiously raised, wouldn't it be more appropriate or even necessary to restrain her from attending any services at all? Regardless of the fact that it was only one faith's services instead of both, either situation should be considered excessive government entanglement and as breaching the separation between church and state.Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09518459658642878711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606201113344523885.post-42203082150297474412010-02-24T11:52:18.233-05:002010-02-24T11:52:18.233-05:00Although I feel bad for Rebecca that her husband w...Although I feel bad for Rebecca that her husband went behind her back and baptized their child after making an oral agreement to raise her Jewish, it was only an oral agreement. I must agree that this is not a matter of the court because both parents have equal rights to, when the child is in their custody, escort her to which ever religious services they want. I would think the confusion of attending two religious faiths will not cross the girl’s mind until she is older and it becomes of her conscious to decide her religious affiliation. Since the divorce is still underway, I would say it was a mutual parental decision to send the girl to Jewish pre-school. The father should not have agreed to do so if he was not comfortable with converting her daughter, but going back on his word is only unfair not unconstitutional. This is an unfortunate situation but at least Rebecca can hold on to the fact that, in the Jewish faith, if you have a Jewish mother you are considered Jewish. Rebecca’s daughter and grandchildren (unless converted) will always be considered Jewish by the state of Israel.Jessica Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08720694447229961254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606201113344523885.post-24575257476930375822010-02-23T21:14:03.219-05:002010-02-23T21:14:03.219-05:00I agree that the courts should not have become inv...I agree that the courts should not have become involved. I feel that every parent has the right to raise their child in their own faith tradition, and though this obviously is much easier when both parents share the same faith, two differing faiths do not necessarily need to be incompatible. The girl should be able to decide what religious tradition, if any, she wants to follow when she is old enough to make an informed decision, but in the meanwhile both parents should be able to expose her to their faiths. There is no reason the court should have become involved; the girl is not being directly or indirectly harmed by being exposed to more than one religion.Shannon H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08626019400571797708noreply@blogger.com