This stew of religious nuttiness gone wild needs some more seasoning and conservative nutballs making silly comments about it before this goes on the rec list.
Based upon the testimony of "relatives and close friends" that a woman is crazy, she is ordered not to home-school her children anymore. Because her craziness is related to religious faith, conservatives are starting to jump on the bandwagon in her defense.
Oh, I'm sure this is going to be entertaining. But my diaries are poor. And there are plenty out there with more time on their hands to make this far more interesting.
Here's the case in a nutshell: Man and woman, with 3 children, are in divorce proceedings. Woman joined the Sound Doctrine Church a few years previous, which changed how she related to the husband and children. One change was that she insisted that her children be home-schooled and exposed to Sound Doctrine doctrine. Marriage destroyed. Husband and wife fight over whether kids should stay home-schooled. Judge rules: no.
Fox News does it reliably bad reporting, starting with the headline: "Divorce Judge Orders Religious Woman's Kids Sent Back to Public School." Ummm, those kids weren't likely the product of immaculate conception; they have a father. Who happens to be mom's husband. Who happens to support the idea that the kids go to public school. Judge can't take a knife out a la Solomon and send half of each kid to school and half home. He has to make a decision.
Apparently the judge decided to support the sane person in the marriage; he ordered the other (mom) "to undergo a mental health assessment within 30 days." So who does Fox then decide has the best take on the situation? The one in need of the mental health assessment. "[The order is] a clear cover-up by the judge. He made a bad ruling about home schooling and he is clearly covering his tracks."
And the article goes on and on. As I noted, this is a bad diary. I'll leave it to the commentators to add whatever they find interesting below.
UPDATE: A few of the comments downstream include these noteworthy links:
ABC Raleigh-Durham take on the story (a bit more fair and balanced than the "fair and balanced" network).
The judge's decision.
X2 UPDATEWorld Net Daily's latest take on the story, which is what you'd expect from them. They also previously reported here, here, here, and here.
Okay, go ahead and rec this if you want. But I suspect there's going to be a lot more conservative fodder on this story in the next few days, which will fuel a true gem of a diary from someone.