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The Maine Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments concerning the case of Emily Bickford, who was blocked from taking her 12-year-old daughter to church.
Bickford received a custody order from a lower court forbidding her from taking the girl to services for Calvary Chapel, an evangelical Protestant fellowship of churches centered on expository Bible preaching.
The order also "allows prohibiting the daughter from reading the Bible," according to a Nov. 12 release from Liberty Counsel, a legal advocacy group assisting Bickford in court.
The custody order gave Matthew Bradeen, the girl's biological father, the "sole right to decide about whether his daughter" attends any Calvary Chapel services, whether she can review video messages or literature from the denomination, or even whether she can communicate with any members, according to Liberty Counsel.
The order indeed encompasses “any other church or religious organization, or exposure to the teachings of any religious philosophy or of the Bible in general.”
Bradeen hired Dr. Janja Lalich, a California sociology professor and "expert on cults," to convince Maine District Judge Jennifer Nofsinger that Calvary Chapel is a cult because of its biblical teachings on hell, demons, and spiritual warfare.
"Dr. Lalich told the judge that cults usually have a charismatic, authoritarian leader who teaches about a 'transcendent belief system' that offers answers, and 'promises some sort of salvation,'" Liberty Counsel said.
"She further testified that she had 'studied' Calvary Chapel Church and found that the church’s pastor was a 'charismatic' speaker, spoke 'authoritatively' in his messages, and that he asserted his messages were objective truth."
Lalich therefore concluded that the girl could experience psychological harm by attending the church.
This was despite the fact that all true Christian churches affirm that the gospel is the only means to receive salvation and that the Bible is the source of truth.
Liberty Counsel noted that Nofsinger repeatedly wrote "god" rather than "God" in her order, and that Bradeen did the same in his complaint.
The legal nonprofit is therefore seeking "a reversal of this unlawful custody order and restoration of the mother’s First Amendment right to pass on her religious beliefs to her child."
Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver affirmed that the custody order "banning Emily Bickford from taking her child to a Christian church because of its biblical teachings violates the First Amendment."
"The breadth of this court order is breathtaking because it even prohibits contact with the Bible, religious literature, or religious philosophy," Staver added.
"The custody order cannot prohibit Bickford from taking her daughter to church. The implications of this order pose a serious threat to religious freedom.”
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This order by an obamanite judge in Maine, IS ILLEGAL ... and puts ALL Christians who adhere to Biblical living at risk of losing parental rights. It is also another example of WHY Christians should not marry outside of thier Faith.
barak hussain obama, & joe biden were the WORST THINGS to happen to America. And Maine is just off the charts across the board, in defying American Law.
Constitution of the United States First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
