I too participated in the debates over California's RFRA. As I recall,
the issue which killed the RFRA bill was civil rights, especially as it
affected gays..Zoning was also an important objection.
Marc Stern
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fyi-- One of the primary reasons that the CA RFRA never made it anywhere was
opposition from the child justice system in CA. There was concern that it
would tip the scales toward the religious parent and create (or cause
litigation over) religious defenses involving support issues.
Marci
I'm happy to report that the decision reported in the Time story
was from 1970, and was promptly reversed by the New Jersey Supreme
Court. In re Adoption of E,
59 N.J. 36 (1971). Some preference for the religious (or the more
religious) parent in child custody cases (not, to my knowledge,
That decision, from 1970, was later overturned.
On 1/4/08, Susan Freiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ".In an extraordinary decision, Judge Camarata denied
> the Burkes' right to the child because of their lack
> of belief in a Supreme Being. Despite the burkes'
> "high moral and ethical standar
".In an extraordinary decision, Judge Camarata denied
the Burkes' right to the child because of their lack
of belief in a Supreme Being. Despite the burkes'
"high moral and ethical standards," he said, the New
Jersey state constitution declares that "no person
shall be deprived of the inestimable
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