When I read the first report of Judge Young an dthe case he heard concerning the legal immigrant, I just told myself I didn't have enough facts to make a judgement.

Now I read about this custody case and I wonder if anyone, family or friend or someone who knows Judge Young, has taken the time to check and see if there is a physical reason for his seemingly bizarre behavior.

I have read articles of preople who know him well, personally and professionally and while I cannot count myself amoung them, Judge Young did preside at my adoption hearing of my grandson. I found him to be a charming man, very professional but also kind to me and my young grandson. What is now being reported just doesn't mesh with the judge that presided over my adoption case.

I can't help but wonder that there might be some physical problem that is the cause of the present behaviors.

JMHO...

If there is to be a religious test for child custody, we need to find out what Judge Young's particular sect is. As it's representative, he seems particularly unsuited to raise a child.

This is a disgusting example of Judicial imperialism and has no place in America.

None of his questions seem to be aimed at resolving whether the children would be at risk in this woman's home, but it seems that they would be fine.

Whatever happened to freedom of religion? I guess it went out the window along with the constitutional guarantees offered to immigrants.

I think it is particularly disgusting that Craig Garrett brought up the wife's religion/church when HIS OWN CLIENT married the woman in the same church. Either he was also an SDA and later changed or knew that she was and was supportive enough to consent to be married in her faith. Kind of sounds like they were grasping at straws to obtain custody.

But then again, it WORKED, didn't it? Wonder if Garrett would have tried the same thing in another judge's court?

Kevin Shephard did a good job of trying to corral things back into propriety, but nobody was listening. I hope Garrett will be censured by the Bar Association and that the Judge will be censured by whatever body censures judges.

whatever happened to church and state? while us tax payers pay for the electric, heating/a/c, and the facilities for the churches to use our schools for thier own private use of a church. I believe they pay for the custodians for 3-4 hours to come early and open and close the schools. Was told that "why should they look to build a church when they can use the facilities for lil expense to them." On our tax dollars is why they shouldn't use them. The schools are reaping the benefit on allowing them to use the facilities and getting paid for it and while still using the schools budget to pay for the sunday services. Imagine that. Noone wants to say anything bad about schools and churches. But our tax dollars sure do come in handy for it. Just throwing that out there and see whoelse wants to wonder why it is allowed to happen.

I think this whole incident is quite ironic. Surely the same judge could question and ridicule the beliefs of the hefty percentage of Blounty Countians that attend fundamentalist churches of all stripes. I wonder what he'd say to members of the RIO churches if they got into a dispute of some sort? I don't see how Republicans would put up with this. He's not even mocking a...Muslim or some other "heathen." He's openly mocking a conservative Christian, whose church has thousands of members in Blount and Knox Counties. I could see casual Blount County Republicans scoffing at charges that he insulted an immigrant woman because Republicans don't really care about immigrants. But they sure like to make a big stink about the supposed marginalization of Christians in America. It seems Judge Dale Young is Exhibit A in the grand mockery of Christianity. What will the Republicans say?

Noone wants to comment on the schools making money on allowing the homeless to use our tax dollar spending on schools.

Pretty much what they are, homeless. They do not have thier own building of worship. They use our schools for that. Use our libraries, computers, the cafeterias, the gyms, and whatever else they use in there. So yes basically they are homeless, our schools should not be used weekly for thier own monetary gains. Do you like your tax dollars being wasted for thier own monetary gains? I do not. One school church used our stainless steel chaffing pans for feet washing. Well sorry to say but the cafeteria lady had to throw them out since they cannot be used for our kids food. Needless to tell you how much one of those costs. But noone wants to get on about the schools.

well seeing that your dad is
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 09:20.

well seeing that your dad is on the school board and you dont want to complain about that huh? I was just saying that schools should not be a homeless shelter for churches... again it goes back to our tax dollars. you brought up about freedom of religion, so you opened up that line. But yes this thread is about the judge. Was he misguided there I would have to agreee. But as for the dollar general and all that you tell me more about that please.

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