Order to take baby from lesbian foster parents under review

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By BRADY McCOMBS

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state officials are looking into a judge's order to have a baby taken from lesbian foster parents and placed with a heterosexual couple for the child's well-being.

Utah Division of Child and Family Services spokeswoman Ashley Sumner says Judge Scott Johansen's order Tuesday in the city of Price raised concerns at the agency.

Its attorneys plan to review the decision and determine what options are available for the state to possibly challenge the order.

Attempts to reach April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce on Wednesday were unsuccessful. The couple told KUTV (http://bit.ly/1Sjph1o ) that Judge Johansen cited research that children do better when they are raised by heterosexual couples.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8f9e79e7920645cb894c144a944b3b6c/order-take-baby-lesbian-foster-parents-under-review

[Mnemosyne]

1. Cruel jerk. nt

[LuckyLib]

2. The stupid is simply astounding.

[Mike__M]

3. Note to America's judges:

A baby is not primarily an ideological football.

[babylonsister]

4. Heartless. nt

[jwirr]

5. Not surprised.It all plays into the prejudice that gay couples

are often subject to. My niece is the baby sitter for a child in a gay family and she is always telling us what good parents they are.

This is another hurtle in the fight. Hopefully the state will reverse the decision as soon as possible.

[jtuck004]

6. " raised concerns at the agency. " < ? What kind of plantation is this? It's 2015. Shouldn't you

call mental health professionals, and the police, for what seems to be a delusional judge?

It ought to be arrested for posing an imminent danger to others.


Isn't there settled case law that the robed crusader is flouting?

[Bluenorthwest]

7. This is why we can't mess around with those parsing DOMA branch Democrats.

It's just not safe.

[herding cats]

8. Children do better when they're raised in a loving home.

Real studies prove this time and time again. Not some bogus studies like the ones this judge is too ashamed to even cite.

My heart is with this poor family. I hope the real better interest of the child prevails in this case quickly. I also hope, probably without a chance of seeing it become reality, this judge is removed from the bench for this act of hateful bigotry.

[NurseJackie]

9. Heartbreaking.

[niyad]

10. that judge must be in favour of the new mormon precepts about not baptizing children

of lgbt couples:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141257138

[niyad]

11. that judge needs to be removed immediately--and every single one of his custody orders, etc.,

reviewed by sane professionals.

[Judi Lynn]

12. Horrid! Who would do this? Someone very destructive is in charge of "the city of Price,"clearly. n/t

[Betty Karlson]

13. The Evil is this worls never stops to sink to new levels of persistence. eom

[joeybee12]

14. Note to idiot judge...all research shows 2 lesbians raising a child trumps all...

Sh*thead