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An Indianapolis father can share his Wiccan beliefs and rituals with his 10-year-old son, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday in a unanimous decision upholding parents' rights to share their religion with their children.

The court declared that a Marion County judge erred in approving a divorce decree last year that also directed the man and his ex-wife to shelter their son from "non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals."

Thomas E. Jones Jr., a practicing Wiccan who waged the court battle, said he's relieved that his life can return to normal.

"Because of this, I think a lot of education has gone on about religious freedoms," said Jones, who planned to tell his son the good news when he got home from school Wednesday, his first day of fourth grade.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050818/NEWS02/508180520

 

[DarienA]

I remember this.. crazy ruling the first time around.

 

[belgurdo]

Why does my city fail so hard? This, tried to get rid of arcades around the time Columbine happened, the government is bankrupt every year because they keep trying to please the Colts...ugh.

 

[MetatronM]

Good. I don't see how any judge could have possibly justified the original ruling. The court has no right to dictate which establishments of religion are and are not acceptable for a child. Glad to see the appeals court realized that.

 

[keeblerdrow]

It's all fun and games until someone's found burning at the stake.

 

[Koshiba]

Good. I don't see how any judge could have possibly justified the original ruling. The court has no right to dictate which establishments of religion are and are not acceptable for a child. Glad to see the appeals court realized that.

Yeah, I agree there. I also have a couple wiccan friends and it's nothing bad that I would actually "shelter" a child from. I think it's ridiculous to even think about which religions are appropriate to teach someone's child and which isn't. =/

 

[Mejilan]

Rule out all religions, or none. Anything else is bullshit.

 

[videogamer]

Good. I don't see how any judge could have possibly justified the original ruling. The court has no right to dictate which establishments of religion are and are not acceptable for a child. Glad to see the appeals court realized that.

The judge essentially says that after additional research, he changed his mind and doesn't think that being exposed to Wicca would be bad. Kinda like, wtf, why didn't he do the research the first time around?