Judge: Parents can’t teach pagan beliefs

According to a Marion County Judge, a Father and his Ex-Wife are now forbidden from exposing their child to “non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals.”, due to the fact that the parents practice Wicca.

The judges ruling is based on the fact that the 9-year old boy attends private school of the Catholic denomination and it would cause the boy a great deal of confusion. According to the ICLU (Indiana Civil Liberties Union), the judge’s order tramples on the parents’ constitutional right to expose their son to a religion of their choice.

I guess the Judge forgot his “pocket constitution” that day, because as far as I can tell:

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.

meant that Wicca, no matter how much you dislike or disagree with the practices, you cannot ban someone from practicing or being influenced by it.