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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 02:56 PM Apr 2017

Victory for mom who couldn't talk about being lesbian with her sons for 6 years

Source: LGBTQ Nation




By Dawn Ennis · Wednesday, April 12, 2017

A huge personal victory for Rachelle Black of Washington State is also a blow against antigay bias in child custody cases. Washington’s State Supreme Court strongly criticized a lower court’s decision to grant primary custody to her husband, Charles Black, ruling that considering Rachelle’s sexual orientation a “lifestyle choice” was “improper and unfair.

“We are not confident the trial court here approached the parenting plan with an attitude of neutrality regarding sexual orientation that fairness demands,” Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst wrote in a 30-page opinion.

Rachelle and Charles Black were married for nearly 20 years and raised three sons in a conservative Christian home, according to Courthouse News, which based its report on court documents. In 2011, Rachelle revealed to her husband that she thought she was lesbian.

Charles told friends, family and church members about Rachelle’s coming out to him, and she started a relationship with another woman, according tot he Supreme Court’s summary of the case. Rachelle accused Charles of sexually assaulted her during this time, a claim he has denied. In 2013, Rachelle filed for divorce, and the case went to trial the following year.

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Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/04/victory-mom-couldnt-talk-lesbian-sons-6-years/

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Victory for mom who couldn't talk about being lesbian with her sons for 6 years (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2017 OP
What the H? irisblue Apr 2017 #1
The bible explicitly forbids eating pork and male homosexuality Kber Apr 2017 #3
yeah, well, the bible also forbids azureblue Apr 2017 #2

Kber

(5,043 posts)
3. The bible explicitly forbids eating pork and male homosexuality
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 03:48 PM
Apr 2017

it is silent on lesbianism.

So from a biblical perspective, there should not be a problem.

Of course, basing civil custody or divorce agreements on biblical teachings is not Kosher, if you know what I mean.

azureblue

(2,148 posts)
2. yeah, well, the bible also forbids
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 03:44 PM
Apr 2017

eating pork, too, but do we see kids being taken away from their parents for eating bacon?

Stupid Christian cultists

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