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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/09/judge-orders-husband-to-take-abused-wife-to-red-lobster/A judge in Florida has ordered a man accused of domestic violence to take his wife on a date for her birthday, including flowers, Red Lobster and bowling.
Joseph Brays wife, Sonya, told Broward County Judge John Jay Hurley that she had gotten mad at her husband because he failed to wish her a happy birthday, according to the Sun Sentinel.
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SERIOUSLY when the hell did this country take the turn off the 21nd century and go back to the 1950s?
Enrique
(27,461 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)I just double-checked, and they are both part of Darden. Just consider them different rings of Dante's gastrointestinal hell.
white_wolf
(6,238 posts)They have their endless specials at the same time.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)thing was so ideal thanks to leave it to beaver and other shows.
Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)Don't confuse TV and reality.
Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)so either she is dilusional or getting Azheimers.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)louslobbs
(3,235 posts)bowling ball?
Lou
EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)I don't have any other words for something this stupid. Why didn't "Judge" Hurley just step down off the bench and beat her himself? Because he's telling the husband that abuse is okay if you buy her dinner. That almost guarantees her many more beat downs.
Bonhomme Richard
(9,000 posts)dana_b
(11,546 posts)Shakesville blogger Melissa McEwan pointed out that the wife should not have been asked if she feared further violence while her abuser was in the courtroom.
I desperately hope that Sonja Bray is safe, McEwan wrote. And I hope that Judge Ha Ha Chuckles is removed from the bench immediately. He literally facilitated what could very well be part of a pattern of escalating abuse: Violence, elaborate display of romance, violence. No one who thinks that sentence is appropriate, no one who fails to recognize how it fits into a recognized abuse cycle, has any fucking business presiding over domestic abuse cases.
It is incredible when a blogger has more sense than a damn JUDGE!! Damn - I hope that woman gets some help.
niyad
(113,348 posts)to him" is a classic abuse victim response.
unfortunately, I don't think this idiot judge can even be recalled. I remember years ago wanting to recall another idiot judge, and was told that florida did not have a recall provision for elected officials.